EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 63-65 , November 2006

Mycotic Aneurysm of the Carotid Artery Following Streptococcal Angina

  • R.W. Simon

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. R.W. Simon, MD, Angiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Rämistr.100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland.
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  • B.R. Amann-Vesti

,Accepted 25 July 2006.

  • Image Result

    Duplex ultrasound showing the aneurysm and the thickened wall of the internal carotid artery (arrow).

    Duplex ultrasound showing the aneurysm and the thickened wall of the internal carotid artery (arrow).

  • Image Result

    Magnetic resonance image (single axial sequence, T1-weighted FSAT) of the neck showing a 2×2.5cm enhancing lesion originating from the carotid bifurcation (arrow).

    Magnetic resonance image (single axial sequence, T1-weighted FSAT) of the neck showing a 2×2.5cm enhancing lesion originating from the carotid bifurcation (arrow).

PII: S1533-3167(06)00070-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.07.004

EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 63-65 , November 2006