Klemme WM. Hemorrhage from a previously undemonstrated intracranial aneurysm as a late complication of carotid artery ligation. Case report.
J Neurosurg 1977;
46:654-8. [PMID:
845652 DOI:
10.3171/jns.1977.46.5.0654]
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Abstract
A case is reported in which the patient underwent ligation of the common carotid artery as treatment for a ruptured intracranial aneurysm. Nine years later a second subarachnoid hemorrhage occurred form a new or previously undemonstrated intracranial aneurysm. Recannulation of the ligated carotid artery was demonstrated by arteriography. Similar cases are cited from the literature.
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