Spontaneous internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm complicated with ischemic stroke in a young man: A case report and review of literature

Table 1 Literature review of pseudoaneurysm with the clinical presentation of stroke

Case No.	Ref.	Year	Age	Sex	Site	Etiology	Imaging modality	Treatments	Outcome	Follow-up
1	[14]	2000	19	M	R CCA	Traumatic	CT, US, MRA, DSA	Surgical resection	REC	NA
2	[35]	2005	62	M	L INA	Infectious	US, MRI	Surgical resection	REC	1 mo
3	[19]	2007	60	M	R ICA	Iatrogenic	MRI, DSA	Endovascular stenting	REC	NA
4	[15]	2007	31	M	R ICA	Traumatic	MRI, CT, DSA	Endovascular stenting	REC	NA
5	[24]	2008	51	M	L ICA	Spontaneous	MRI, CT, DSA	Endovascular stenting	REC	NA
6	[43]	2014	71	M	L ICA	Radioactive	US, CT, MRI, DSA	Endovascular occlusion	REC	NA
7	[16]	2013	46	M	L ICA	Traumatic	CT, DSA	Endovascular stenting	REC	14 mo
8	[44]	2017	2	M	L ICA	Infectious	MRI, CT, DSA	Endovascular occlusion	REC	1 mo
9	[23]	2018	85	M	L ECA	Spontaneous	US, CT, MRI, DSA	Conservative therapy	Death	7 mo
10	[45]	2019	60	F	L ECA	Congenital	MRI, CT, DSA	Endovascular stenting	REC	NA
11	[22]	2019	45	M	L CCA	Iatrogenic	CT, CTA	NA	REC	NA
12	[20]	2019	57	F	L CCA	Iatrogenic	CT, CTA	Endovascular occlusion	REC	6 mo
13	[21]	2019	79	M	R FA	Iatrogenic	CT, MRI, CTA	Endovascular stenting	NA	NA
14	[46]	2020	53	M	SA	Infectious	CT, DSA	Conservative therapy	REC	NA
15	[17]	2020	31	F	L VA	Traumatic	CT, CTA, DSA	Conservative therapy	REC	6 mo
16	[18]	2021	35	M	L ICA	Traumatic	US, MRI, MRA	Endovascular occlusion	REC	3 mo
Present case		2022	30	M	L ICA	Spontaneous	US, CT, CTA, DSA	Conservative therapy	REC	6 mo

CCA: Common carotid artery; CT: Computed tomography; CTA: Computed tomography angiography; DSA: Digital subtraction angiography; ECA: External carotid artery; F: Female; FA: Femoral artery; ICA: Internal carotid artery; INA: Innominate artery; L: Left; M: Male; MRA: Magnetic resonance angiography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; NA: Not available; R: Right; REC: Recovery; SA: Splenic artery; US: Ultrasound; VA: Vertebral artery.