PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yasha Kadkhodayan
AU  - Vilaas S Shetty
AU  - Spiros L Blackburn
AU  - Matthew R Reynolds
AU  - DeWitte T Cross III
AU  - Christopher J Moran
TI  - Pipeline embolization device and subsequent vessel sacrifice for treatment of a bleeding carotid pseudoaneurysm at the skull base: a case report
AID  - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010394
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - e31--e31
VI  - 5
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/5/5/e31.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/5/5/e31.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2013 Sep 01; 5
AB  - An attempt at parent vessel reconstruction with Pipeline embolization devices to treat a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the internal carotid artery at the skull base is presented. A 50-year-old woman with malignant otitis externa and bilateral temporal bone osteomyelitis presented with brisk bleeding from her left ear. She had bony dehiscence of the left carotid canal at CT and extravasation from a pseudoaneurysm of the carotid petrous segment at angiography. Carotid tortuosity proximally precluded placing a covered stent. After the lesion stopped bleeding spontaneously and given the presence of bilateral osteomyelitis putting the contralateral carotid at risk, the decision was made to attempt preservation of the parent vessel with flow diversion. However, bleeding recurred after 12 days, necessitating carotid sacrifice. This first reported experience in treating a carotid pseudoaneurysm at the skull base with the Pipeline device shows that transient cessation of bleeding is insufficient for flow diversion to be effective.