title: [Carotid blowout syndrome treated by parent artery occlusion using pushable coils: a case report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Here we report a case of carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) treated with parent artery occlusion using pushable coils.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 68-year-old man with a history of surgery and chemoradiation therapy for esophageal cancer 9 years prior presented with a massive hemorrhage from a skin defect in the neck. Angiography revealed encasement of the right common carotid artery by radiation necrosis, and CBS was diagnosed. We performed emergent endovascular treatment, and the right common carotid artery was occluded using pushable coils and a detachable coil. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful. However, he died of esophageal cancer recurrence 6 months later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pushable coils were useful for occluding the parent artery in this case of CBS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nagasaki University Hospital.
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suyama
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome