A Case of Ruptured Carotid Traumatic Blood Blister-like Aneurysm
Yoshiyuki MATSUMOTO,
Ryuta NAKAE,
Fumihiro MATANO
et al.
Abstract:Ruptured cerebral aneurysms that occur in the anterior wall of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are known as blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs); they have been reported to account for 0.3% to 1% of all ruptured ICA aneurysms. In this report, we describe the treatment of an unusual traumatic BBA (tBBA) with high-flow bypass using a radial artery graft, which resulted in a favorable outcome. A 59-year-old female suffered from an acute epidural hematoma, traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, and traumatic carotid-… Show more
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