Bilateral Intracavernous Carotid Artery Aneurysms Presenting as Diplopia in a Young Patient

Introduction. Bilateral intracavernous carotid artery aneurysms (ICAAs) are extremely rare and difficult to treat. Case Report. A 26-year-old female presented in our clinic with acute diplopia due to oculomotor nerve palsy on the left side. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed two heteroge...

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Autores principales: Kopsachilis, Nikolaos, Pefkianaki, Maria, Carifi, Gianluca, Lialias, Ioannis
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23573095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/209767
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author Kopsachilis, Nikolaos
Pefkianaki, Maria
Carifi, Gianluca
Lialias, Ioannis
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description Introduction. Bilateral intracavernous carotid artery aneurysms (ICAAs) are extremely rare and difficult to treat. Case Report. A 26-year-old female presented in our clinic with acute diplopia due to oculomotor nerve palsy on the left side. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed two heterogeneously enhanced masses indicating bilateral ICAA. An endovascular coil embolization was performed on the left side successfully, resulting in resolution of her symptoms. Conclusion. Thorough systemic evaluation in young patients with diplopia can reveal life-threatening underlying pathology and prevent major complications.
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spelling pubmed-36130802013-04-09 Bilateral Intracavernous Carotid Artery Aneurysms Presenting as Diplopia in a Young Patient Kopsachilis, Nikolaos Pefkianaki, Maria Carifi, Gianluca Lialias, Ioannis Case Rep Med Case Report Introduction. Bilateral intracavernous carotid artery aneurysms (ICAAs) are extremely rare and difficult to treat. Case Report. A 26-year-old female presented in our clinic with acute diplopia due to oculomotor nerve palsy on the left side. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed two heterogeneously enhanced masses indicating bilateral ICAA. An endovascular coil embolization was performed on the left side successfully, resulting in resolution of her symptoms. Conclusion. Thorough systemic evaluation in young patients with diplopia can reveal life-threatening underlying pathology and prevent major complications. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3613080/ /pubmed/23573095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/209767 Text en Copyright © 2013 Nikolaos Kopsachilis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort bilateral intracavernous carotid artery aneurysms presenting as diplopia in a young patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23573095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/209767
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