Open AccessBilateral Carotid Aneurysms Secondary to Radiation Therapy
Author(s) -
Prafull V. Bole,
Gunther Hintz,
Praveen N. Chander,
YS Chan,
Roy H. Clauss
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197506000-00023
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , radiation therapy , radiology , carotid arteries , neck dissection , dissection (medical) , aneurysm , cancer
A patient was seen with symptomatic, rapidly expanding aneurysms that developed in both carotid arteries 4 years after bilateral radiation to the neck, left combined mandibular resection, and radical neck dissection. The presenting symptoms were pain and transient ischemic attacks of cerebrovascular insufficiency. The aneurysms were treated uneventfully be resection and vein-graft replacement at 15-day intervals. Microscopy demonstrated typical radiation changes. Effects of radiation on arteries are reviewed.