Open AccessTraumatic Aneurysm of the Supraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery: Report of a Case
Author(s) -
H Enomoto,
Takayuki Shibata,
Akio Ito,
Tsutomu Harada
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198411000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , aneurysm , skull , basal (medicine) , radiology , surgery , insulin
A case of traumatic aneurysm of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery is presented. Formation of the aneurysm was thought to be due to a direct injury to the wall of the internal carotid artery from a basal skull fracture of the anterior cranial fossa.