Massive epistaxis resulting from radiation-induced internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm.
- Resource Type
- case study
- Authors
- Nazari, Pouya; Tan, Lee A.; Wewel, Joshua T.; Moftakhar, Roham; Kasliwal, Manish K.
- Source
- Neurology India. Mar/Apr2017, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p380-382. 3p.
- Subject
- *SYNCOPE
*NASOPHARYNX cancer
*HISTORY of medicine
*COMPUTED tomography
*ANGIOGRAPHY
*FALSE aneurysms
*DIAGNOSIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0028-3886
The article presents a case study of a 52-year-old man with significant medical history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) who is experiencing acute worsening of epistaxis and syncope. The computed tomographic (CT) scan of the brain and skull base performed to the patient revealed no intracranial changes. The anteroposterior and lateral angiograms confirmed the existence of fusiform pseudoaneurysm.