[Surgical treatment of aneurysm and kinking of the internal carotid artery].
The authors describe herein a case report of a female patient with an aneurysm and kinking of the internal carotid artery, located 35 cm above the bifurcation,and accompanied by the focal neurological symptomatology. The successfully carried out surgical management consisted in excision of the aneurysm together with the kinking of the internal carotid artery and formation of an <<end-to-end>> anastomosis. Both the aneurysm and kinking were caused by fibromuscular dysplasia.
Department of Aorta and its Branches Surgery, Russian Scientific Centre of Surgery Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Yu V
YV
Belov
A B
AB
Stepanenko
O M
OM
Bogopol'skaia
A G
AG
Kizyma
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*