title: Post-traumatic amaurosis secondary to paraophthalmic internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm treated with pipeline embolization device.
abstract: During evaluation for monocular visual loss, a 48-year-old woman was found to have a posttraumatic paraophthalmic internal carotid artery (ICA) pseudoaneurysm. She underwent reconstruction of the ophthalmic segment of the right ICA with a Pipeline embolization device but her vision did not return.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (JDK), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Departments of Neurological Surgery (SMB) and Interventional Neuroradiology (OMD), Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (HKL, AGL), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; School of Bioinformatics (HKL), The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (HKL), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Ophthalmology (HKL, AGL), The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Medicine (REJ, DH), The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas; Department of Medicine (REJ), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; and Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sean M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Orlando M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Helen K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Drew
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001766:Blindness / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology