We report a case of life-threatening giant external carotid artery (ECA) aneurysm. The 89-year-old patient presented with severe dyspnoea and dysphagia with Horner's syndrome and cluster headache. Surgical repair with ECA ligation and reconstruction of the internal carotid artery using a prosthetic PTFE graft was successfully performed. The compressive symptoms promptly resolved in the early post-operative period.

DE DONATO, G., Giubbolini, M., Chisci, E., Setacci, F., Setacci, C. (2006). Giant external carotid aneurysm: a rare cause of dyspnoea, dysphagia and horner’s syndrome. EJVES EXTRA, 11(2), 19-22 [10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2005.10.003].

Giant external carotid aneurysm: a rare cause of dyspnoea, dysphagia and horner’s syndrome.

DE DONATO, GIANMARCO;SETACCI, CARLO
2006-01-01

Abstract

We report a case of life-threatening giant external carotid artery (ECA) aneurysm. The 89-year-old patient presented with severe dyspnoea and dysphagia with Horner's syndrome and cluster headache. Surgical repair with ECA ligation and reconstruction of the internal carotid artery using a prosthetic PTFE graft was successfully performed. The compressive symptoms promptly resolved in the early post-operative period.
2006
DE DONATO, G., Giubbolini, M., Chisci, E., Setacci, F., Setacci, C. (2006). Giant external carotid aneurysm: a rare cause of dyspnoea, dysphagia and horner’s syndrome. EJVES EXTRA, 11(2), 19-22 [10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2005.10.003].
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