Blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs) of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are rare and challenging vascular lesions that can lead to serious complications, including subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Section V, Part i: Natural history of subarachnoid haemorrhage, intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous real-formations. J Neurosurg 1966;25:219. Ferguson GG, Drake CG . Carotid-ophthalmic ...

The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body) a short distance from the heart, and extend upward through the neck carrying oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are ...

Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent ... reveals a high-grade symptomatic carotid stenosis on the left (arrow) and diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging shows ...

The posterior communicating artery is a location where aneurysms ... and joins the internal carotid and the posterior ...

and the internal carotid artery (ICA) leading to the brain (larger vessel on the left). The image depicts the yellow colored plaque buildup inside the walls of the vessel. The image also depicts blood ...