We report a case of emergency endovascular stent-graft repair of a traumatic false aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. Thoracotomy was relatively contraindicated because the patient also sustained incomplete spinal injury, He recovered fully from both chest and spinal injuries, and remains without evidence of complications related to the stent-graft 18 months after the injury.

We describe a case of a traumatic aneurysm of the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery in a patient who had had craniofacial trauma 12 years before. MR and CT revealed a mass in the sphenoid sinus thought to be unrelated to the patient's symptoms. Carotid angiography gave the correct diagnosis.

BACKGROUND To identify patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage for whom CT angiography alone can exclude ruptured aneurysms. METHODS An observational retrospective review was carried out of all consecutive patients with non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage who underwent both CT angiography and catheter angiography to exclude an aneurysm. CT angiography negative cases (no aneurysm) ...

Traumatic intracranial aneurysms are one possible complication after penetrating brain injury. A 25-year-old man with a history of major depression presented with a crossbow bolt penetrating the head. On arrival, Glasgow Coma Scale score was E4V5M6, with no apparent neurological deficit. Computed tomography (CT) of the head showed the crossbow bolt passing near the corpus callosum, with surroun...

Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the middle meningeal artery is rare and is associated with high mortality. Skull fracture is usually an associated feature of this entity. An elderly male was brought to our hospital in a stage of coma. The details of ictus were not known. The Glasgow coma scale score was 9/15. Examination revealed a pseudo-aneurysm arising from the posterior branch o...

Headache can be attributed to cranial or cervical vascular disorders including ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, unruptured vascular malformation, arteritis, carotid-vertebral artery pain, and cerebral venous thrombosis. Here, we present a case report of unruptured saccular aneurysm with migraine. The patient was a previously healthy 32-year-ol...

Subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm is a rare disease of obscure origin suggesting unique causes such as congenital, traumatic, and inflammatory or infectious diseases. Its mortality is closely related to heart failure, mitral insufficiency, thromboembolic phenomena, and cardiac arrhythmias. Although association with coronary artery disease is not described, the compression of epicardial vess...

Rupture of aortic aneurysm is a life-threatening condition. And thoracic aortic aneurysms are usually asymptomatic and not easily diagnosed unless an acute catastrophic complication develops. Because it is rare in young adults, especially in females during peripartum, considering that it occurs most commonly in the sixth and seventh decade of life and males are predominant, 3) the fatal sudden ...

Aneurysm of celiac artery is an uncommon occurrence with nearly 180 cases being reported in the literature so far [1]. These have been attributed to traumatic, iatrogenic and inflammatory being amongst few associated etiological factors. Spontaneous isolated dissecting aneurysm of celiac trunk is a rare occurrence with very few cases being mentioned in the published literature. Although the rat...

To cite: Bonfield CM, Grandhi R, Jankowitz BT, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014206130 DESCRIPTION A patient sustained a gunshot, which entered the nose and exited the parietal region. The patient was intubated, with reactive pupils and minimal extremity movement (Glasgow Coma Scale 3 T). Initial CTangiogram was unrevealing, but MRI perfo...