Abstract

Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECAAs) are rare. Etiologies include dissection, atherosclerosis, trauma, mycotic infection, and iatrogenic. Patients are often asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, but some present with a palpable mass or after an embolic cerebrovascular accident. Management of ECAAs includes thromboprophylaxis and surgical excision or exclusion of the aneurysmal segment. Intervention criterion for ECAAs has not been clearly delineated for either asymptomatic or symptomatic disease.

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