Bilateral petrous internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysms presenting with sensorineural hearing loss

Catherine J Hwang; Gul Moonis; Robert W Hurst; Neil Hockstein; Douglas Bigelow

Bilateral petrous internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysms presenting with sensorineural hearing loss

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Jun-Jul;24(6):1139-41.

Authors

Catherine J Hwang¹, Gul Moonis, Robert W Hurst, Neil Hockstein, Douglas Bigelow

Affiliation

¹ School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.

PMID: 12812941
PMCID: PMC8149025

Abstract

We present a case of an 85-year-old woman with a 40-year history of progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Imaging studies demonstrated bilateral pseudoaneurysms of the petrous portion of the internal carotid arteries eroding into both cochleas. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of such lesions.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / complications*
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Artery Diseases / complications*
Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / complications
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Angiography*
Cochlea / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hearing Loss, Bilateral / diagnostic imaging*
Hearing Loss, Bilateral / etiology*
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / diagnostic imaging
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / etiology*
Humans
Incidental Findings
Meningeal Arteries / diagnostic imaging
Petrous Bone / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*