Recurrent transient ischemic attacks and stroke in association with an internal carotid artery web.
Fibromuscular dysplasia is a nonatherosclerotic vascular disease that most commonly affects cervical carotid arteries at the C1-C2 level when cephalic arteries are involved. Several histopathologic and angiographic subtypes of fibromuscular dysplasia exist; most have a benign natural history. We describe the third reported case of a pathologically proven, symptomatic proximal internal carotid artery web and suggest that patients with this lesion are at a higher risk for stroke.
Morgenlander
J C
JC
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Goldstein
L B
LB
D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012008:Recurrence