ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF EPISTAXIS IN A PATIENT WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND A GIANT PETROUS CAROTID PSEUDOANEURYSM

Authors
CROSS DT MORAN CJ BROWN AP OSER AB GOLDBERG DE DIEGO J DACEY RG
Citation
Dt. Cross et al., ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF EPISTAXIS IN A PATIENT WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND A GIANT PETROUS CAROTID PSEUDOANEURYSM, American journal of neuroradiology, 16(5), 1995, pp. 1084-1086
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
16
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1084 - 1086
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1995)16:5<1084:ETOEIA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A 31-year-old man with pulmonary tuberculosis who did not have human i mmunodeficiency virus had massive epistaxis from a giant petrous inter nal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm. Endovascular trapping of the aneury sm was performed, curing the epistaxis. MR showed multiple enhancing b rain lesions that resolved with additional antituberculous drug therap y.