title: Iatrogenic carotid artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with conductive hearing loss.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysms of the intracranial internal carotid artery may occur in the setting of carotid artery dehiscence, due to trauma, invasive tumors, or as a complication of surgery. The rare surgical complication of carotid artery laceration in the petrous segment may occur during myringotomy procedures, middle ear operations, or petrous temporal bone surgery. We report a 28-year-old female patient, a case of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm as a complication of middle ear surgery. On her follow-up, computed tomography of the temporal bone demonstrated a dehiscent carotid artery, and a pseudoaneurysm involving the left petrous internal carotid artery was found in the cerebral angiography. She was managed by endovascular means.
authors.affiliation: Dişkapi Yildirim Beyazid Education and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. guleserkilic@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Guleser
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saylam
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tulgar
authors.forename: Işil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saatci
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D019933:Ossicular Replacement / Q000009:adverse effects*