Journal of Vascular Medicine & Surgery

Department of Vascular Surgery, Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy

Publications

• Case Report   
  Emergency Endovascular Treatment of Recurrent Internal Carotid Artery False Aneurysm Complicated By Carotid-Cutaneous Fistula and Life-Threatening Bleeding
  Author(s): Francesco De Santis*, Roberto Chiappa, Cristina Margot Chaves and Massimiliano Millarelli
  
  Background: Carotid pseudoaneurysms can generally be the result of arterial wall degeneration developed after carotid endarterectomy, previous spontaneous carotid dissection, post-traumatic neck injuries, non-vascular procedures and, rarely, infections. The ideal surgical management of extracranial carotid artery false aneurysms is still controversial and treatment should be tailored to the aneurysm’s aetiology, anatomy and presentation. Case presentation: We describe the case of an 81-year-old man presented with an enlarged pulsatile cervical mass coupled with a small cutaneous fistula, which had developed in roughly 1 year. He had undergone several carotid operations over the last 15 years (endarterectomy, venous-patch-angioplasty for restenosis and bovine-pericardial patch-angioplasty for a pseudoaneurysm). .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-6925.9.37.406

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