Alagille syndrome with cavernous carotid artery aneurysm

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 1999 Oct 25;50(2):139-43. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(99)00223-2.

Abstract

We present a case of right sided blindness caused by a cavernous carotid artery aneurysm in a 17-year-old patient presenting with an Alagille syndrome. The diagnosis was made by magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed by angiography. This aneurysm was treated successfully with endovascular placement of detachable balloons. Cerebral vascular malformations are rarely reported in association with this syndrome. We discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and detection of this type of abnormality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Alagille Syndrome / complications*
  • Blindness / etiology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal* / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal* / pathology
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Stenosis / pathology
  • Carotid Stenosis / therapy
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed