Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing a right carotid artery mycotic aneurysm after a dental extraction procedure.

Mycotic aneurysms of the carotid arteries are rare. We describe a right carotid artery mycotic aneurysm in a 70-year-old man. His symptoms began immediately after a complicated molar extraction and persisted until the diagnosis was made and surgical resection and repair were undertaken.