Giant intracavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm with fatal epistaxis

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-281

  Haffajee, Mohamed R ^a   Naidoo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Delayed epistaxis; Giant intracranial aneurysm; Internal carotid artery; Intracavernous; Skull base erosion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANEURYSM; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPISTAXIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037255588     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10127     Document Type: Article

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