Traumatic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery and epistaxis. (Review of literature and report of a case)

J Laryngol Otol. 1979 Jun;93(6):629-56. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100087508.

Abstract

A review of 108 years of world literature revealed 69 cases fulfilling the picture of a clinical syndrome of head injury, a latent period followed by epistaxis and cranial nerve lesions. A similar case has been added which is the fourth case to be reported to be due to a bullet injury. The applied anatomy of the intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) and the aetiology, clinical syndrome, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis and management of ICA aneurysms have been briefly discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Carotid Artery Injuries*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / anatomy & histology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cranial Nerves
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications
  • Epistaxis / etiology*
  • Epistaxis / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Time Factors
  • Wounds, Gunshot / complications*