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Item Internal carotid-posterior communicating (IC-PC) aneurysm Carotid-ophthalmic aneurysms
Incidence Common Rare
Age More in young ♀. ...
Visual loss is not as characteristic of intracavernous aneurysm as it is with ophthalmic aneurysms, unless they arise from the most distal portion of the intracavernous artery. ...
DIAGNOSIS OF ANEURYSM
•Triad of ipsilateral facial, orbital, or eye pain, ophthalmoplegia and pupillary involvement. ...
Ruptured aneurysm pain is severe, sudden in onset, throbbing, and radiates posteriorly. ...
Any muscle supplied by the third nerve can be affected; however, the superior rectus and levator muscles are damaged most commonly, since the aneurysm presses on the nerve from above the sub-arachnoid space. ... PUPILLARY INVOLVEMENT (emergency sign)
Pupillary involvement can be the initial sign of an unruptured or about to rupture aneurysm.
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