title: Isolated internal auditory artery aneurysm.
abstract: Anticoagulant therapy is effective and prevents death in more than 95% of patients with pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis. We report a patient who developed deep vein thrombosis following rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the internal auditory artery. The parent artery was occluded before anticoagulant therapy as a prophylactic measure to prevent intracranial haemorrhage. We discuss some of the clinical features, therapeutic difficulties, and pitfalls in the management of internal auditory artery aneurysm complicated by deep vein thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44000, Turkey. akocak@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: Kaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sarac
authors.forename: Ozkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ates
authors.forename: Suleyman Rustu
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cayli
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kutlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D020769:Posterior Cerebral Artery; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants