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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2023; 18(01): 184-190
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761239
Case Report

Traumatic Supraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery Pseudoaneurysm associated with Carotid-Cavernous Fistula and Contralateral Anterior Cerebral Artery Pseudoaneurysm Treated by Surgical Trapping with High-Flow Bypass and A3-A3 Bypass: A Case Report and Literature Review

Gahn Duangprasert 
1   Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Thammasat University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
,
Sasikan Sukhor
1   Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Thammasat University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
,
Thanapum Kaewprasert
1   Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Thammasat University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
,
Dilok Tantongtip 
1   Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Thammasat University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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Abstract

Traumatic pseudoaneurysms of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) are uncommon, particularly associated with carotid-cavernous fistulas (CCF) or multiple traumatic aneurysms. This report describes a patient with a ruptured left ICA dissecting pseudoaneurysm that caused a direct CCF and a right anterior cerebral artery (ACA) pseudoaneurysm. To eliminate the aneurysm and fistula, we followed the universal bypass strategy by performing an ICA trapping with high-flow bypass, followed by an ACA trapping with A3-A3 side-to-side bypass. Herein, we report the first successful surgical trapping and revascularization of supraclinoid ICA pseudoaneurysm associated with a direct carotid-cavernous fistula.

Keywords

dissection - pseudoaneurysm - carotid-cavernous fistula - high-flow bypass - EC-IC bypass


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Article published online:
29 March 2023

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