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

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.

Keywords

vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - internal carotid artery aneurysm - endovascular treatment

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