PMID: 20120865Feb 4, 2010Paper

The diagnosis and treatment of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery in sphenoid sinus (a report of 6 cases)

Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology, head, and neck surgery
Jianxin YueXiong Chen

Abstract

In order to prevent misdiagnosis and degrade death rate, we explored the early diagnosis and correct treatment methods of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery in sphenoid sinus. The clinic data of 6 cases who had traumatic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery in sphenoid sinus and were admitted in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively. Large numbers of literature about the disease were reviewed. Some early diagnosis methods and optimal treatment schemes were proposed. All patients had a history of cranium trauma and recurrent attacks nasal hemorrhage. There are two patients with a complication of sight loss in single eye. In the six cases, one case was treated with unilateral common carotid artery ligation, three cases were treated with aneurysm and internal carotid artery embolism by using sacculus proprius which is able to shedding, one case was treated with internal carotid artery embolism by using tiny circlip ring. These five patients were cured with no severe complication. One patient death of hemorrhage. His nasal cavity was tamponade repeatedly because repeat nasal hemorrhage. However, he had never treated with internal carotid artery embolism. The patients who have traumatic pseudoaneurysm of i...Continue Reading

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