Graduated internal dilatation in the treatment of fibromuscular dysplasia of the internal carotid artery.
A patient with transient ischaemic attacks due to fibromuscular dysplasia of the internal carotid artery is presented. Standard methods of vascular reconstruction may not be possible as the disease often involves the distal half or two-thirds of the extracranial internal carotid artery. For this reason the technique of graduated internal dilatation first described by Morris et al. was employed and showed satisfactory results on short-term follow-up.
D000328:Adult; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D004106:Dilatation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans