Complex spontaneous extracranial-intracranial collateralization in progressive systemic atherosclerotic disease

A 36-year-old woman presented with a five-year history of intermittent episodes of blurred vision and vertigo. Cranial CT showed mild supratentorial atrophy and borderzone infarctions with right hemispheric accentuation. Diagnostic cerebral panangiography demonstrated a left-sided internal carotid a...

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Published in:Neurology India 2007-10, Vol.55 (4), p.432
Main Authors: Horn, Peter, Scharf, Johann, Schmiedek, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Atherosclerosis - pathology
Brain
Carotid Arteries - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Stenosis - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Stenosis - etiology
Cerebral Angiography
Collateral Circulation - physiology
Disease
Female
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Veins & arteries
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Summary:A 36-year-old woman presented with a five-year history of intermittent episodes of blurred vision and vertigo. Cranial CT showed mild supratentorial atrophy and borderzone infarctions with right hemispheric accentuation. Diagnostic cerebral panangiography demonstrated a left-sided internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion.
ISSN:0028-3886
1998-4022
DOI:10.4103/0028-3886.33306