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ASYMPTOMATIC ANEURYSM OF THE EXTRACRANIAL INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY: REPORT OF A CASE
Author(s) -
Hicks R. G.,
Horton D. A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04150.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , aneurysm , anastomosis , radiology , internal carotid artery , saccular aneurysm , surgery
A rare case of saccular aneurysm of the right internal carotid artery is presented. The patient was asymptomatic, and the aneurysm was discovered incidentally at examination alter a fall. The diagnosis was confirmed angiographically, and the aneurysm was surgically excised with end‐to‐end anastomosis of the artery.