Cavernous carotid aneurysm presenting with epistaxis

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 741-746

  Chaboki, Houtan ^a   Patel, Aman B ^a   Freifeld, Stephen ^b   Urken, Mark L ^a   Som, Peter M ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mount Sinai Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Carotid; Cavernous; Sphenoid, epistaxis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPISTAXIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543016730     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20081     Document Type: Article

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