Embolization of a superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass: case report.
This case history of a man with bilateral carotid artery occlusions presents angiographic documentation of the embolization of a superficial temporal-middle cerebral artery bypass. The embolic source was thrombotic and/or atheromatous debris that had collected in the persistent stump of one of the occluded internal carotid arteries.
D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged