Extracranial Aneurysms of the Carotid Artery

Supra-aortic vessels aneurysms: Diagnosis and prompt intervention

“…Aneurysms of the supra-aortic vessels had been reported to be symptomatic in up to 50% of patients. [29][30][31][32][33] However, we found that in contemporary practice they are more commonly discovered following screening or follow-up exams such as CT, x-rays, or US for asymptomatic patients (Table III), with just 25% of patients presenting with symptoms at the time of diagnosis. An association between supra-aortic vessel aneurysm and aortic aneurysm has been reported, 34,35 and in accordance with this we found that several of our patients who had a supra-aortic aneurysm were diagnosed during the work-up for other aortic pathology.…”

Surgical and medical management of extracranial carotid artery aneurysms

“…2 Beall et al were the first to report the use of a prosthetic graft to replace the carotid for aneurysmal disease in 1959. 3 Today, open surgical, endovascular, and nonoperative options are available to treat extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECCAs).…”

Pseudo aneurysm of the external carotid artery: report of a case

“…Aneurysms of the extracranial carotid artery are extremely rare [3,10,19,24,25]. Atherosclerosis, blunt or penetrating traumas, infections, cystic medial necrosis, fibromuscular dysplasia and congenital anomalies are the most common causes of cervical carotid aneurysms, which occur with decreasing frequencies in the common, internal and external carotid arteries, respectively [8,12,15,26,32].…”