Direct surgical repair of carotid pseudoaneurysm in an infant.
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.
Binning
Mandy J
MJ
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, 175 N. Medical Drive East, Salt Lake, UT 84132, USA.
Eskandari
Ramin
R
Couldwell
William T
WT
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