Spontaneous carotid blowout of the common carotid artery in a chronically immunosuppressed transplant patient.
J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
; 8(4): 715-718, 2022 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-36425255
ABSTRACT
Carotid blowout (CB) is a life-threatening surgical emergency with a mortality rate of up to 60%. CB is commonly seen in head and neck cancer patients after surgical and radiation therapy; other causes include iatrogenic, traumatic, or infectious etiologies. We report an unusual case of spontaneous CB presumed to be caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) in a chronically immunosuppressed transplant recipient. Given the significant mortality of CB and the prevalence of post-transplant CMV, this case highlights an area of further investigation regarding the association between CMV and carotid pathology, as well as the need to include CB as a potential infectious complication in the immunosuppressed population.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia