Key result
Doppler ultrasound imaging was successfully used for the diagnosis and follow-up management of an extracranial carotid pseudoaneurysm in a 56-year-old man post-endarterectomy.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the utility of Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of rare carotid artery pseudoaneurysms post-endarterectomy.
May support Doppler ultrasound for rare post-CEA pseudoaneurysms; hypothesis-generating, larger studies needed before wider use.
Carotid artery pseudoaneurysms are a rare complication of carotid endarterectomy, with few recorded in the literature. We describe a case of a 56-year-old man who presented with symptoms of left hemispheric transient ischemic attack and subsequently underwent a carotid endarterectomy. The patient returned to Accident and Emergency department with an ipsilateral neck swelling found to be an extracranial pseudoaneurysm. Doppler ultrasound imaging was used throughout the management of this patient from preendarterectomy to postpseudoaneurysm bypass. This report discusses the importance of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of carotid pseudoaneurysms.
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Evans et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Carotid artery pseudoaneurysm (n=1). Doppler ultrasound imaging was evaluated on Diagnosis and follow-up of carotid pseudoaneurysm. Doppler ultrasound imaging was successfully used for the diagnosis and follow-up management of an extracranial carotid pseudoaneurysm in a 56-year-old man post-endarterectomy.
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