PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Auyeung, Kai Ming
AU  - Lui, Wai Man
AU  - Chow, Lawrence C.K.
AU  - Chan, Fu Luk
TI  - Massive Epistaxis Related to Petrous Carotid Artery Pseudoaneurysm After Radiation Therapy: Emergency Treatment with Covered Stent in Two Cases
DP  - 2003 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1449--1452
VI  - 24
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/7/1449.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/7/1449.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2003 Aug 01; 24
AB  - Summary: Two patients had acute left carotid rupture from radiation therapy-induced pseudoaneurysms, resulting in hemodynamic collapse. Because the patients were semicomatose and in shock, an immediate salvage procedure was needed. Location of the pseudoaneurysm at the skull base made surgical treatment less possible. Endovascular therapy was the treatment of choice. Preserving patency of the carotid artery was a desirable option. The successful use of a covered stent in the emergency treatment of massive epistaxis due to active bleeding from pseudoaneurysm in the petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) is described.