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Intrapetrous carotid artery aneurysm presenting as epistaxis and otalgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. K. Banfield ,
P. F. Brasher ,
J. A. J. Deans ,
P. G. Barker  and
W. J. Taylor
G. K. Banfield*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire.
P. F. Brasher
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire.
J. A. J. Deans
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire.
P. G. Barker
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire.
W. J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queens Square, London.
*
Capt G. K. Banfield, M.B., Ch.B., Department of Otolaryngology, The Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire GUII 2AN.
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Abstract

Aneuroysm of the intrapectous carotis artery is an extremely rare and potentially serious occurence that presents diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Such aneurysms may follow trauma, atherosclerosis, mastoid surgery or most commonly can represent a developmental abnormality. We present the case of an 18-year-old female with a short history of recurrent left-sided otalifa and epistaxis who underwent successful endovascular ballon entrapment of a left intrapetrous carotid aneurysm.

Keywords

AneurysmCarotid artery, internalPetrous bone
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 9 , September 1995 , pp. 865 - 867
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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Footnotes

Presented to the Eightenth Annual Tri-Service Surgical Meeting. The Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, 21 october, 1994.

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