title: Bilateral giant extracranial carotid artery aneurysms.
abstract: Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECAAs) are rare and extremely challenging disease entities. Untreated ECAAs can lead to serious neurologic sequelae, primarily from thromboembolism. Because of the high incidence of major neurologic complications, surgical intervention is warranted in most cases. We report a 63-year-old woman with voice fatigue and difficulty swallowing. Upon work-up, we discovered bilateral giant ECAAs and treated them with a combination of aneurysmectomy, primary anastomosis, and an interposition polytetrafluoroethylene graft. Unique features of the aneurysms include their unprecedented size and bilaterality, which is exceedingly rare.
authors: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10003, USA. shin922@gmail.com
authors: Shinichi
authors: S
authors: Fukuhara
authors: Samuel
authors: S
authors: Tyagi
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Bernik
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene