title: [Spontaneous regression of significant stenoses and occlusions of the internal carotid artery].
abstract: 19 patients with severe stenoses or occlusions of the internal carotid artery showed spontaneous recanalization at follow-up. The cause of the stenotic process was spontaneous or traumatic dissection, fibromuscular dysplasia, ergotism or arteriosclerotic disease. Total recanalization occurred in carotid artery dissections coinciding with the best clinical outcome. In fibromuscular dysplasia and arteriosclerotic process, recanalization was seldom found, incomplete, and the clinical course was less favourable.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Neurologie, PLK Weinsberg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dannenmaier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eppinger
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: von Reutern
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004453:Echoencephalography; D004881:Ergotism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
vernacular_title: Spontane Rückbildungen von hochgradigen Stenosen und Verschlüssen der Arteria carotis interna.