Int J Angiol 1999; 08(03): 157-160
DOI: 10.1007/BF01616445
Original Article

Unilateral agenesis of internal carotid artery with subarachnoid hemorrhage: Report of two cases

Hasan Dinç
1   Department of Radiology, KTU Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
,
Halit Reşit Gümele
1   Department of Radiology, KTU Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
,
Kayhan Kuzeyli
2   Department of Neurosurgery, KTU Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
,
Süleyman Baykal
2   Department of Neurosurgery, KTU Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
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Abstract

Internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare anomaly of embryologic development. Digital subtraction angiography examination showed no visualization of the ICA on the right side in a 30-year-old male patient and on the left side in a 47-year-old female patient. Computed tomography (CT) revealed the absence of the corresponding bony carotid canal. Doppler examinations of the common carotid and external carotid arteries on the affected sides demonstrated high-resistance flow characteristics. Two cases of ICA agenesis with subarachnoid hemorrhage were presented and the literature is reviewed.



Publication History

Publication Date:
24 April 2011 (online)

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