Coiled Internal Carotid Arteries Associated with Bilateral Sequential Strokes

The risk of stroke and management of coiling of the cervical internal carotid artery in the absence of an atherosclerotic carotid bulb lesion is unclear. We report a case of an otherwise healthy 39-year-old woman who developed bilateral sequential strokes associated with bilateral coiled internal ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tse, Gary G., Masuda, Elna M., McMurtray, Aaron M., Nakamoto, Beau K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/929530
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Sumario:The risk of stroke and management of coiling of the cervical internal carotid artery in the absence of an atherosclerotic carotid bulb lesion is unclear. We report a case of an otherwise healthy 39-year-old woman who developed bilateral sequential strokes associated with bilateral coiled internal carotid arteries. We discuss the risk of stroke and management of coiled carotid arteries as they relate to the patient presented.

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