A Large and Saccular Carotido-Ophthalmic Aneurysm Caused Progressive Visual Loss: Case Report | 1999, Volume 5 - Issue 2

A. Ş. UMUR¹, T. ÖZDEMİRKIRAN², H. ŞİRİN², A. SAĞDUYU²

¹Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroşirürji Anabilim Dalı, Manisa
²Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, Bornova, İzmir

Keywords: Carotid-ophthalmic aneurysm, Paraclinoid region, Progressive visual loss.

Abstract

Carotid-ophthalmic ( or paraclinoid ) aneurysms which arise from the C2 and distal C3 portions of the internal carotid artery are rarely reported in the literature. Initial presenting symptoms are either subarachnoid hemorrhage or progressive visual loss due to the optic nerve compression. A female patient with progressive visual loss and periorbital pain in her left eye is presented with her CT and angiography finding demonstrating unruptured large carotid-ophthalmic segment aneurysm.