Pathological consideration of a 'blister-like' aneurysm at the superior wall of the internal carotid artery: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 403-406

  Ishikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Nakamura, Nishio ^b   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a   Nomura, Mikio ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Keiwakai Ebetsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blister like aneurysm; Internal carotid artery; Internal elastic lamina; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0031021423     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199702000-00038     Document Type: Article

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