title: Endovascular treatment of carotid stenosis associated with incidental intracranial aneurysm.
abstract: The coexistence of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis and intracranial aneurysm, although uncommon, can be a therapeutic dilemma. We present a case of a 73-year-old woman with a history of arterial hypertension and diabetes who had a severe symptomatic ICA stenosis (>90%) and an incidental ipsilateral cerebral aneurysm. The carotid stenosis was treated with angioplasty and stenting using a distal cerebral protection system. The patient was anticoagulated and maintained on antiplatelet therapy according to a standard protocol. Microcoil embolization of the aneurysm was performed 5 months after an intracranial stent was implanted. No growth has been observed in the aneurysm of the arterial lumen since the carotid intervention. There were no complications after the procedures during the postoperative period. This case shows that the incidental presence of an ipsilateral intracranial aneurysm does not appear to be a contraindication for the endovascular treatment of a carotid artery stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Angiology and Vascular Surgery, University Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Gaudencio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dzieciuchowicz
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grochowicz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors