Cavernous Carotid Aneurysms: To Do or Not To Do?

Cavernous carotid aneurysms (CCA) pose considerable dilemmas in management. It is still unclear as to whether an asymptomatic CCA should be subjected to treatment. Similarly, the ideal management strategy for a symptomatic aneurysm is controversial. We present the case of a 60-year-old female with a...

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Autores principales: Menon, Sudha, Menon, R. Girish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479810
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.203831
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description Cavernous carotid aneurysms (CCA) pose considerable dilemmas in management. It is still unclear as to whether an asymptomatic CCA should be subjected to treatment. Similarly, the ideal management strategy for a symptomatic aneurysm is controversial. We present the case of a 60-year-old female with a giant CCA and discuss the management issues.
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spelling pubmed-54025022017-05-05 Cavernous Carotid Aneurysms: To Do or Not To Do? Menon, Sudha Menon, R. Girish J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Cavernous carotid aneurysms (CCA) pose considerable dilemmas in management. It is still unclear as to whether an asymptomatic CCA should be subjected to treatment. Similarly, the ideal management strategy for a symptomatic aneurysm is controversial. We present the case of a 60-year-old female with a giant CCA and discuss the management issues. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5402502/ /pubmed/28479810 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.203831 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Cavernous Carotid Aneurysms: To Do or Not To Do?
title_fullStr Cavernous Carotid Aneurysms: To Do or Not To Do?
title_full_unstemmed Cavernous Carotid Aneurysms: To Do or Not To Do?
title_short Cavernous Carotid Aneurysms: To Do or Not To Do?
title_sort cavernous carotid aneurysms: to do or not to do?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479810
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