title: Do not forget the contralateral side: late onset bilateral carotid dissecting aneurysms.
abstract: Internal carotid artery dissection may occur spontaneously or following a blunt or penetrating trauma to the head and/or neck. Bilateral dissections and pseudoaneurysm formations are extremely rare and usually detected simultaneously. In this report, we present a trauma case with bilateral dissecting pseudoaneurysms of the carotid arteries; in whom, the one side was initially occult and then developed during the follow-up of the contralateral side.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Girne Military Hospital, Mersin, Turkey. muratvelix@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velioglu
authors.forename: Ferhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuce
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saglam
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology*; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*
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