Absence of the common carotid artery: a rare vascular anomaly.
Although absence of the common carotid artery (CCA) is a rare anomaly, the specific configuration in our case makes it extremely rare. Clinical, angiographic, ultrasonographic, and embryologic correlations of this anomaly are discussed after the case report.
Maybody
Majid
M
Department of Radiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Uszynski
Martin
M
Morton
Evan
E
Vitek
Jiri J
JJ
D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D020771:Anterior Cerebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography