title: Direct surgical repair of carotid pseudoaneurysm in an infant.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors present their case of direct intracranial carotid artery repair in an infant.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 11-week-old infant with a nondisplaced left-sided parietal fracture sustained in a motor vehicle collision was found to have a traumatic aneurysm of the distal right internal carotid artery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This was successfully treated with operative direct repair as a favorable alternative to attempted endovascular treatment, which carried the risk of interruption of the anterior choroidal artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, 175 N. Medical Drive East, Salt Lake, UT 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Mandy J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Binning
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eskandari
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Couldwell
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016896:Treatment Outcome