Abstract

BARTOLOME SANCHEZ, Alejandra et al. Symptomatic internal carotid artery aneurysm. Angiología [online]. 2020, vol.72, n.5, pp.265-268.  Epub Nov 30, 2020. ISSN 1695-2987.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/angiologia.00134.

Aneurysms of the extracranial carotid artery are rare and represent a minority of the carotid surgery in most vascu­lar units.

A clinical case of a saccular aneurism of the internal carotid artery, in a young patient without apparent cause, is showcased. They are often asymptomatic, but they also may show (as it was in this patient) stroke from distal embolisation as a debut.

The management consisted in an open surgical approach (by meaning, aneurysm excision with termino-terminal suture of the internal carotid artery, without shunt), 4 weeks after the initial episode.

Keywords : Stroke; Aneurism; Carotid; Vascular surgery.

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