title: A giant aneurysm from the petrous carotid presenting with isolated peripheral facial palsy.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Neurosurgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp), Botucatu, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: pthamamotof@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Pedro Tadao
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Hamamoto Filho
authors.forename: Vitor Cesar
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Carlos Clayton
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Macedo-de-Freitas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000098:blood supply; D035583:Rare Diseases