Internal carotid artery aneurysm with life-threatening hemorrhages in a pediatric patient: Endovascular treatment options

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 734-738

  Gralla, Jan ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Schmidli, Juerg ^a   Caversaccio, Marco ^a   Do, Dai Do ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infection; Internal carotid artery; Nasopharyngeal hemorrhages; Pseudoaneurysm; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; PENICILLIN G;

ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NECK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SNEEZING; STENT; THROMBOSIS; TORTICOLLIS;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144265141     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1308R.1     Document Type: Article

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