This case reports an intraoperative surprise of a carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, highlighting its impact on surgical planning.
Extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysms are rare. Here, we describe a patient with thrombosed carotid artery pseudoaneurysm managed successfully with open repair. This case highlights the importance of how an intraoperative finding can alter the surgical plan from a carotid ligation with the risk of stroke, to open repair and bypass, with no resultant neurological deficit.
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