GRADUAL FACIAL PALSY AND INTRAPETROUS INTERNAL CAROTID ANEURYSM - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
BERGES C POLLAK A VALAVANIS A FISCH U
Citation
C. Berges et al., GRADUAL FACIAL PALSY AND INTRAPETROUS INTERNAL CAROTID ANEURYSM - A CASE-REPORT, Skull base surgery, 3(3), 1993, pp. 164-169
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Skull base surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10521453
Volume
3
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
164 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
1052-1453(1993)3:3<164:GFPAII>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A case of aneurysm of the horizontal intratemporal carotid artery with compression of the facial nerve is presented, Exclusion of the aneury sm with an intraluminal balloon did not relieve the facial nerve compr ession.Surgical resection of the aneurysm and repair of the facial ner ve continuity was successfully performed through a combined transmasto id supra-labyrinthine approach, after permanent balloon occlusion of t he internal carotid artery.