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Case of radiation induced aneurysm of extracranial carotid artery

Abstract

An unusual case of post-irradiation aneurysm of extracranial internal carotid artery is presented. A 70-year-old man, complaining of left cervical throbbing mass with focal pain, was admitted on February 8, 1985. It was noted, from his past history, that he had had surgery of the removal of cervical lymphnodes and that unknown dosage of irradiation had been added to the cervical region 30 years before. Left carotid angiography (on admission) demonstrated a giant aneurysm in the cervical portion of internal carotid artery. Right carotid angiography with compression of left carotid artery revealed good cross filling through anterior communicating artery. Computed tomography with contrast media showed a ring like enhanced mass, which was thought to suggest that a large part of the aneurysm was filled with intraluminal thrombosis. During 30 days of evaluation, the aneurysm grew larger and his cervical pain became untolerable. Operation, the resection of the aneurysm and the reconstruction (of circulation) with vein graft, was challenged on March 12. It was so difficult with meticulous work that the ligation of left common carotid artery was performed after all. Seven days after the operation, he suffered from the gastrointestinal bleeding, which was enough to lead him to hypovolemic shock.  More>>
Publication Date:
Aug 01, 1988
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
JPN-89-001211; EDB-89-022636
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Neurol. Surg. (Tokyo); (Japan); Journal Volume: 16:9
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CAROTID ARTERIES; RADIATION INJURIES; AUTOPSY; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; HEAD; HEMORRHAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ARTERIES; BACTERIAL DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; BODY AREAS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; INJURIES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOLOGY; SYMPTOMS; THERAPY; VASCULAR DISEASES; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man
OSTI ID:
6555066
Research Organizations:
Hokkaido Kin-Ikyo Central Hospital, Sapporo (Japan)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: NOKGB
Submitting Site:
JPN
Size:
Pages: 1073-1078
Announcement Date:
Dec 01, 1988

Citation Formats

Tashiro, Takashi, Ikota, Toshio, Yamashita, Kousuke, and Kodama, Takao. Case of radiation induced aneurysm of extracranial carotid artery. Japan: N. p., 1988. Web.
Tashiro, Takashi, Ikota, Toshio, Yamashita, Kousuke, & Kodama, Takao. Case of radiation induced aneurysm of extracranial carotid artery. Japan.
Tashiro, Takashi, Ikota, Toshio, Yamashita, Kousuke, and Kodama, Takao. 1988. "Case of radiation induced aneurysm of extracranial carotid artery." Japan.
@misc{etde_6555066,
title = {Case of radiation induced aneurysm of extracranial carotid artery}
author = {Tashiro, Takashi, Ikota, Toshio, Yamashita, Kousuke, and Kodama, Takao}
abstractNote = {An unusual case of post-irradiation aneurysm of extracranial internal carotid artery is presented. A 70-year-old man, complaining of left cervical throbbing mass with focal pain, was admitted on February 8, 1985. It was noted, from his past history, that he had had surgery of the removal of cervical lymphnodes and that unknown dosage of irradiation had been added to the cervical region 30 years before. Left carotid angiography (on admission) demonstrated a giant aneurysm in the cervical portion of internal carotid artery. Right carotid angiography with compression of left carotid artery revealed good cross filling through anterior communicating artery. Computed tomography with contrast media showed a ring like enhanced mass, which was thought to suggest that a large part of the aneurysm was filled with intraluminal thrombosis. During 30 days of evaluation, the aneurysm grew larger and his cervical pain became untolerable. Operation, the resection of the aneurysm and the reconstruction (of circulation) with vein graft, was challenged on March 12. It was so difficult with meticulous work that the ligation of left common carotid artery was performed after all. Seven days after the operation, he suffered from the gastrointestinal bleeding, which was enough to lead him to hypovolemic shock. Thereafter, right hemiparesis and aphasia were brought about. Two months later, he died of pneumonia. On histological examination, it was demonstrated that the aneurysm communicated with the necrotic tissue and that the normal structure of the blood vessel was not observed in the aneurysmal wall and consisted of the collagenous fiber and granulated tissue. The aneurysm was interpreted as a false one.}
journal = []
volume = {16:9}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Japan}
year = {1988}
month = {Aug}
}