Extracranial infected carotid artery aneurysm.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19703747.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.014.
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Abstract
Infected aneurysms of the extracranial carotid arteries are rare. This is a case report of a 63-year-old female who developed an infected internal carotid artery aneurysm due to group B Streptococcus ten days after a dental procedure. She was successfully treated with excision of the aneurysm and common to internal carotid artery bypass with greater saphenous vein.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, Infected
- Carotid Artery, Internal
- Carotid Stenosis
- Crowns
- Streptococcus agalactiae