title: Posttraumatic Cavernous Segment Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysmal Rupture Presenting as Tentorial Subdural Hematoma.
abstract: Traumatic aneurysm rupture following a closed head injury is rare. The rupture of a cavernous internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm following a head injury presenting as a tentorial subdural hematoma has not been reported in the literature. We discuss a 50-year-old woman with a closed head injury with her initial computed tomography scan showing a tentorial subdural hematoma. Further investigations revealed the presence of a ruptured cavernous ICA aneurysm. We also conducted a literature review of posttraumatic ICA aneurysmal rupture.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Syamala
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shunmugam
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Thas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Emmanuel
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Shyam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duvuru
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed