Salmonella mycotic aneurysms of the external carotid artery

Mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the external carotid artery from Escherichia coli.

A 78 year-old women presenting at the Emergency Department with a painful, palpable tumour in the left mandibular angle of one month’s evolution. She had no history of trauma, surgery or regional infection. Intravenous contrast computed tomography revealed a collection of 5.2 cm in the left carotid space, with a thick wall with high uptake (Fig. 1: arrows), gas in its interior and with no commu...

Duplex sonography in embolotherapy of external carotid artery traumatic aneurysms.

Until recently, arteriography has been the method of choice for diagnosing traumatic aneurysms and for follow-up after transcatheter coil embolization [1-3]. Duplex sonography can now playa complementary role in the diagnosis and followup of these lesions. Serial duplex sonographic examinations provide a noninvasive method of monitoring the cessation of flow within the aneurysms and their resol...

mycotic aneurysm of external carotid artery following traumatic brain injury: case report and review of literature

mycotic aneurysm of external carotid artery is extremely rare. we herein report a case of external carotid artery (eca) aneurysm following severe traumatic brain injury. a 24-year-old man with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi) following a car accident was referred to rajaee trauma center emergency room affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences in shiraz, iran. he underwent ventricul...

Mycotic aneurysm of the carotid artery due to Salmonella enteritidis associated with multiple brain abscesses.

A 59-year-old male was admit ted with swelling of the right side of the neck. He had a 2 month history of pyrexia. His past medical history included: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipaemia, cholelithiasis and a probable embolic stroke 1 month before admission. Physical examination revealed a 3 cm soft mass on the right side of the neck without palpable regional lymphadenopathy. Neurolog...

Fatal haemorrhage from mycotic aneurysms of the pulmonary artery.