Stenting the Unexpected: Endovascular Management of a Common Carotid Artery Pseudoaneurysm in a 79-Year-Old Woman

Arterial pseudoaneurysms (PsA) are uncommon vascular abnormalities that may have various causes of diverse nature, and the treatment should be individualized and tailored to the patient and concomitant clinical conditions. We present a case report of a 79-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities who was diagnosed incidentally with a carotid artery pseudoaneurysm accompanied by internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. The pseudoaneurysm was secondary to staphylococcal sepsis, which was successfully treated three months earlier. Both the aneurysm and the stenosis were simultaneously successfully treated with an endovascular approach. Follow-up Doppler ultrasonography (DUS) performed one month later demonstrated a significant decrease in the size of the pseudoaneurysm. No postoperative complications were observed.