Extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysm due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Surendra PatelAlok Kumar SharmaDanishwar MeenaPawan Kumar GargSarbesh TiwariTushar Surva GhoshPublished in: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (2020)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very rare cause of extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysm. A 39-year-old man presented with a rapidly increasing neck mass and hoarseness of voice for 15 days. He was on antitubercular treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. Computed tomography angiography showed a large pseudoaneurysm of the right common carotid artery. Emergency surgery was performed to excise the pseudoaneurysm sac and repair the artery with a Dacron graft. Postoperative angiography showed normal flow in the carotids and cerebral circulation. Histology of the excised tissue was consistent with a tubercular etiology of the pseudoaneurysm.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- endovascular treatment
- internal carotid artery
- minimally invasive
- emergency department
- healthcare
- computed tomography
- patients undergoing
- magnetic resonance imaging
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- brain injury
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- contrast enhanced
- atrial fibrillation
- middle cerebral artery