Bilateral giant carotid-ophthalmic aneurysms

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Garcia-Bengochea ◽  
Frank H. Deland

✓ The authors describe a patient with bilateral giant aneurysms of the internal carotid artery in the region of the ophthalmic artery. This case illustrates the feasibility of successful intracranial surgical treatment for this unusual combination.

1991 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-ichiro Hamada ◽  
Isao Kitamura ◽  
Masahito Kurino ◽  
Nobuyuki Sueyoshi ◽  
Shozaburo Uemura ◽  
...  

✓ The case of a 64-year-old woman with multiple intracranial aneurysms and abnormal ophthalmic arteries arising from the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery is described. It is believed that this type of anomaly of the ophthalmic artery has not previously been reported. The neuroradiological and operative findings of this case are presented.


1979 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Punt

✓ The author reports on 41 aneurysms of the proximal internal carotid artery (PICA) demonstrated in 36 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. The patients included a striking preponderance of women, and there was a high incidence of multiple aneurysms. In cases with multiple aneurysms the PICA aneurysm was usually found incidentally, a more distal aneurysm on the internal carotid artery being the source of hemorrhage. An infundibulum at the origin of a posterior communicating artery was unusually common in these patients. The origin of the ophthalmic artery is proposed as the angiographic landmark of the level at which the internal carotid artery penetrates the dura mater.


1981 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenio Pozzati ◽  
Leo Fagioli ◽  
Franco Servadei ◽  
Giulio Gaist

✓ The effects of common carotid artery ligation on five giant aneurysms (greater than 2.5 cm in diameter) of the internal carotid artery were studied by computerized tomography (CT). Four aneurysms thrombosed completely and one partially. The CT image of the thrombosed part in giant aneurysms is protean, varying from hyperdensity in the immediate postoperative period to isodensity and finally to inhomogeneously increased or decreased density, the attenuation values depending on the different stages of organization of the thrombus and on calcium deposition.


2000 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 488-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiko Kyoshima ◽  
Susumu Oikawa ◽  
Shigeaki Kobayashi

✓ The authors report two cases in which the ophthalmic artery (OA) originated from the interdural portion of the internal carotid artery at the carotid dural ring and coursed within the dura. This configuration was observed during surgeries performed in 82 cases of juxta—dural ring aneurysms.In surgery for such an aneurysm, if the OA is not seen intradurally, an attempt should be made to find this kind of variation by using a Doppler flowmeter before sectioning the dural ring.


1979 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Johnston

✓ Bilateral intracavernous internal carotid artery aneurysms are described in a 3-year-old child. The etiology was uncertain, although the aneurysms may have been mycotic. As there was clinical and radiological evidence of progressive enlargement of both aneurysms, the more conventional forms of treatment were not applicable. A direct surgical approach was made to both aneurysms with exploration of the intracavernous portion of the internal carotid artery under deep hypothermia and cardiac arrest.


1974 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Karasawa ◽  
Haruhiko Kikuchi ◽  
Seiji Furuse ◽  
Toshisuke Sakaki ◽  
Yasumasa Makita

✓The authors report and discuss two cases in which collateral circulation could be angiographically demonstrated passing through the anterior spinal artery. Case 1 proved to have occlusions of the left internal carotid artery and both vertebral arteries. The basilar artery was visualized via the anterior spinal, the primitive trigeminal, and primitive otic arteries. The presence of multiple vascular malformations and an abnormal anterior spinal artery suggested that the latter had been functioning as collateral circulation since an embryonic stage. In Case 2, both internal carotids and both vertebral arteries were occluded by arteriosclerotic changes. It was assumed that the deleted anterior spinal artery visualized angiographically had developed into a collateral circulation with increasing age.


2000 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adel M. Malek ◽  
Randall T. Higashida ◽  
Van V. Halbach ◽  
Christopher F. Dowd ◽  
Constantine C. Phatouros ◽  
...  

✓ Domestic violence leading to strangulation by an abusive spouse can cause carotid artery dissection. This phenomenon is rare and has been described in only three previous instances. The authors present their management strategies in three additional cases.Three young women aged 24 to 43 years were victims of manual strangulation committed by their spouses 3 months to 1 year before presentation. Two of the patients suffered delayed cerebral infarctions before presentation and angiography demonstrated focal, mirror-image severe residual stenoses in the high-cervical internal carotid artery (ICA), which were characteristic of a healed chronic dissection; there was no evidence of fibromuscular dysplasia. One of these patients underwent unilateral percutaneous angioplasty with stent placement, and the other underwent bilateral percutaneous angioplasty. Both patients have recovered from their strokes and remain clinically stable at 8 and 20 months posttreatment, respectively. The third patient presented with bilateral ischemic frontal watershed infarctions resulting from an occluded left ICA and a severely narrowed right ICA. Given the extent of the established infarctions, this case was managed with a long-term regimen of anticoagulation medications, and the patient remains neurologically impaired.These cases illustrate the susceptibility of the manually compressed ICA to traumatic injury as a result of domestic violence. They identify bilateral symmetrical ICA dissection as a consistent finding and the real danger of delayed stroke as a consequence of strangulation. Endovascular therapy in which percutaneous angioplasty and/or stent placement are used can be useful in treating residual focal stenoses to improve cerebral perfusion and to lower the risk of embolic or ischemic stroke.


1978 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 526-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Nutik

✓ Five cases of a congenital berry aneurysm of the internal carotid artery with origin partially intradural and fundus mainly intracavernous are presented. Angiography does not allow a precise definition of the amount of aneurysm that is intradural, a fact of importance when planning treatment of these cases. However, the angiographic features are characteristic of the type and suggest that these aneurysms be grouped together as a separate entity.


1986 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigekiyo Fujita

✓ A new aneurysm clip has been developed specifically for internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms. This fenestrated clip's occluding blades deviate laterally, since the majority of ICA aneurysms protrude posterolateral to the parent artery. The clip was applied safely in seven recent patients with ICA aneurysms.


2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuyoshi Horiuchi ◽  
Yuichiro Tanaka ◽  
Yoshikazu Kusano ◽  
Takehiro Yako ◽  
Tetsuo Sasaki ◽  
...  

Object The ophthalmic artery (OphA) usually arises from the intradural internal carotid artery (ICA), and the extradural origin has also been known. However, the interdural origin is extremely rare. The purpose of this paper was to clarify the origin of the OphA in patients with a paraclinoid aneurysm in the ICA based on intraoperative findings. Methods The authors retrospectively examined 156 patients who underwent direct surgical treatment for 166 paraclinoid aneurysms during a 17-year period. Based on intraoperative findings, 119 ophthalmic arteries were analyzed with respect to their origins. Results The OphA originated from the intradural ICA on 102 sides (85.7%), extradural on 9 (7.6%), and interdural on 8 (6.7%). Although the extradural origin might be recognized preoperatively, it was difficult to distinguish the interdural origin of the OphA from the intradural one. Conclusions The incidence of the interdural origin was 6.7% and was not as rare as the authors expected. Neurosurgeons should know the possible existence of the interdural origin of the OphA to section the medial side of the dural ring.


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