SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE COMMON CAROTID-ARTERY WITH PSEUDOANEURYSM FORMATION

Authors
PRENDERGAST H KUO D
Citation
H. Prendergast et D. Kuo, SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE COMMON CAROTID-ARTERY WITH PSEUDOANEURYSM FORMATION, Annals of emergency medicine, 30(2), 1997, pp. 230-233
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
230 - 233
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1997)30:2<230:SROTCC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 27-year-old man presented to the ED with an expanding neck mass afte r a Valsalva maneuver during sexual intercourse. This patient was foun d to have sustained a spontaneous rupture of the common carotid artery with pseudoaneurysm formation. The defect was repaired surgically wit h a saphenous vein patch, and the patient recovered. We discuss the ra re occurrence of spontaneous carotid artery rupture and subsequent pse udoaneurysm.