Clinical features and management of traumatic ophthalmic artery aneurysm: a case report and literature review

Abstract

We report a 52-year-old man with progressive disturbance of visual acuity following a head injury. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an aneurysm of the internal carotid artery. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) 57 days after onset found that the aneurysm originated in the proximal ophthalmic artery. We treated the patient with an intravascular coil embolization, partially filling the aneurysm. Follow-up DSA indicated that the aneurysm did not recur.

Keywords:

• traumatic intracranial aneurysm
• ophthalmic artery
• endovascular treatment
• head injury

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Enago (www.enago.jp) for the English language review.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.

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Notes on contributors

Kyosuke Matsunaga

Conception and design: K Matsunaga and Y Tanaka.

Study supervision: K Matsunaga, T Hashimoto and M Kohno.

Yujiro Tanaka

Acquisition of data:K Matsunaga and Y Tanaka.

Daichi Kato

Analysis and interpretation of data: K Matsunaga and Y Tanaka. Manuscript preparation: K Matsunaga.

Takao Hashimoto

Critical revision of the manuscript: All authors.

Study supervision: K Matsunaga, T Hashimoto and M Kohno.

Michihiro Kohno

Review of the submitted version of manuscript: All authors.

Study supervision: K Matsunaga, T Hashimoto and M Kohno.