J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2013; 74(S 01): e85-e88
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1322591
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Successful Endovascular Treatment of Carotid Aneurysms in a Patient with Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

J. B. Chen
1   Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
,
H. Sun
1   Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
,
L. X. Zhou
1   Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
,
M. He
1   Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
,
Ding Lei
1   Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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27 February 2012

28 April 2012

Publication Date:
30 July 2012 (online)

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Abstract

Background Patients with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) can develop internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms. Any surgical procedure is hazardous and often unrewarding because of fragile blood vessels. Endovascular treatment may be an alternative approach to the treatment of ICA aneurysms in patients with vascular EDS.

Case A 23-year-old woman with vascular EDS developed a cervical right ICA aneurysm and a left petrous ICA aneurysm, which were successfully treated with endovascular interventions without major complications.

Conclusion This case report suggests that endovascular treatment of ICA aneurysms is feasible and can be achieved in patients with vascular EDS.