LINICALCASE OF SURGERY FOR FALSE ANEURYSM OF THE INTERNALCAROTIDARTERY AFTER CAROTIDENDARTERECTOMY ANDCAROTIDANGIOPLASTY
In this article a clinical case of surgical treatment for false aneurysm of extracranial department of an internal carotid artery in a 69-year-old patient after numerous surgical treatment for stenosis atherosclerosis of an internal carotid is described. The diagnostic algorithm consisted of triplex scanning of brachiocephalic arteries, a cerebral angiography and a multispiral computer tomography with intravenous contrast enhancement. This patient underwent carotid endarterectomy in combination with reconstruction of an internal carotid and removal of earlier implanted stent and a synthetic patch were performed. The postoperative period was uneventful. Histological assessment proved that extension of an internal carotid was caused by a false aneurysm. Previous surgery and atherosclerosis were the reasons of aneurysm formation.