Traumatic aneurysm rupture following a closed head injury is rare. The rupture of
a cavernous internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm following a head injury presenting
as a tentorial subdural hematoma has not been reported in the literature. We discuss
a 50-year-old woman with a closed head injury with her initial computed tomography
scan showing a tentorial subdural hematoma. Further investigations revealed the presence
of a ruptured cavernous ICA aneurysm. We also conducted a literature review of posttraumatic
ICA aneurysmal rupture.
Keywords
posttraumatic aneurysmal rupture - tentorial subdural hematoma - cavernous ICA aneurysm
