As the medical treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) continues to advance, the HIV-related aneurysms may pose a clinical problem of increasing magnitude. The authors report on a successfully treated ruptured mycotic intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm case in an AIDS patient.
Department of Neurosurgery, Illinois Neurologic Institute, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, 530 NE Glen Oak, Peoria, IL 61637, USA.
