Dispersion of coils after parent-artery occlusion of radiation-induced internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2004 Jun-Jul;25(6):1080-2.

Abstract

We report a rare complication following parent-artery occlusion in a patient with radiation-induced carotid pseudoaneurysms. Both the right internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm and the recurrent external carotid artery pseudoaneurysm were treated by parent-artery occlusion with coils. Although rebleeding was not observed after the second embolization, angiography and endoscopy at the 12-month follow-up showed dispersion and migration of coils into the pharynx and the external auditory canal due to progressive radiation necrosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / etiology*
  • Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / therapy*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Failure
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiation Injuries / complications*