Bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy in malignant osteopetrosis.
Malignant osteopetrosis is associated with petrous carotid canal and internal carotid artery stenosis in the skull base. We present a four-year-old boy with malignant osteopetrosis who developed right frontal lobe infarction as a result of bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy.
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Department of Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
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D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods