FATAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE FROM THE RUPTURE OF A TOTALLY INTRACAVERNOUS CAROTID-ARTERY ANEURYSM - CASE-REPORT

Authors
LEE AG MAWAD ME BASKIN DS
Citation
Ag. Lee et al., FATAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE FROM THE RUPTURE OF A TOTALLY INTRACAVERNOUS CAROTID-ARTERY ANEURYSM - CASE-REPORT, Neurosurgery, 38(3), 1996, pp. 596-598
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
596 - 598
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1996)38:3<596:FSHFTR>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
INTRACAVERNOUS CAROTID ARTERY aneurysms usually cause symptoms because of gradual expansion without rupture. Most such aneurysms that do rup ture lead to a carotid-cavernous fistula. Very few cases of rupture le ading to subarachnoid hemorrhage have been reported. We report a case in which rupture of an entirely intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm led to death from a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage.