title: Spontaneous rupture of a carotid artery aneurysm.
abstract: Carotid aneurysms are rare, accounting for less than 4% of all aneurysms, and repair of this entity comprises only 0.9% of all carotid procedures at major referral centers. Stroke is the most frequent complication and the possibility of rupture is only rarely considered. Rupture of a nontraumatic, uninfected carotid aneurysm is an exceedingly rare event, with only a handful of cases documented in the world literature, most of which presented as an acute, life-threatening emergency. This report documents the highly unusual circumstance of subacute presentation of a ruptured carotid aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. josh.obrien@duke.edu
authors.forename: Patrick Joshua
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Mitchell Wayne
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058017:Vascular Grafting