Carotid blow-out syndrome (CBS) is a life-threatening condition characterized by the rupture of the carotid artery, which presents one of the most urgent situations in interventional neuroradiology. Since patients can bleed to death in minutes, prompt and adequate treatment is of great importance. Self-expanding covered stents are used in most of the reported cases and they are generally preferred to balloon-expanding stents; especially if the underlying pathology is a head and neck malignancy. Herein, we present our experience with a case of CBS caused by radiation necrosis, which was treated successfully with a balloon-expanding covered stent.

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