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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Imtinene, Ben Mrad
• Miri, Rim
• Melek, Ben Mrad
• Aloui, Wafa
• Mleyhi, Sobhi
• Ben Aba, Neila
• Ihsen, Zairi
• Kalfat, Tawfik
• Denguir, Raouf

Titel

Case Report: Mycotic common carotid artery pseudoaneurysm in a child. A case report. [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Ist Teil von

• F1000 research, 2021, Vol.10, p.564

Ort / Verlag

England: Faculty of 1000 Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms in children are extremely rare, nevertheless associated with a great potential of thromboembolic episodes and rupture especially those with mycotic origin. The surgical treatment is very challenging, and there is still a controversy concerning revascularisation after the resection of the aneurysm. In this manuscript, we report the observation of an 8-year-old boy with the medical history of Leukemia who is admitted urgently for a mycotic right common carotid artery aneurysm, occurring after a chemoport infection who was operated on in our cardiovascular surgery department with surgical resection and ligation. It is the second report in the pediatric literature of a mycotic pseudoaneurysm situated in the common carotid artery, but the first documented by medical imagery. Through this case, we highlight that ligation of the infected carotid artery can be a safe and efficient alternative especially in Children.