carotid artery aneurysm

Last reviewed 01/2018

Carotid artery aneurysms are rare. Those that do occur are either:

• post-traumatic
• atherosclerotic
• post-carotid endarterectomy

Clinical features include:

• pulsatile lateral neck swelling
• carotid territory TIA's
• rupture

Treatment:

• excision of aneurysm followed by end-to-end anastomosis, graft insertion of patch angioplasty