J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2017; 78(05): 517-520
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1593960
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Posttraumatic Cavernous Segment Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysmal Rupture Presenting as Tentorial Subdural Hematoma

Authors

  • Syamala Shunmugam

    1   Institute of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Thas Emmanuel

    1   Institute of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Shyam Duvuru

    1   Institute of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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19. Juli 2016

14. September 2016

Publikationsdatum:
01. Dezember 2016 (online)

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Abstract

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.