Neurofibromatosis-associated massive right internal carotid artery aneurysm with a coexisting arteriovenous fistula

A 47-year-old woman presented with a right cervical mass that had been slowly enlarging for 6 years, causing pulsatile tinnitus and dizziness with compression. Computed tomography angiography demonstrated a partially thrombosed 8-cm right internal carotid artery aneurysm with a coexisting arteriovenous fistula. Conventional angiography demonstrated a vertebrojugular fistula (right vertebral artery to right internal jugular vein) and retrograde flow in the right vertebral artery to the fistula. Successful repair was performed in a staged fashion: operative repair of the internal carotid artery aneurysm with interposition bypass, followed by endovascular embolization of the vertebrojugular fistula through a bilateral vertebral artery approach.