Endovascular treatment of carotid stump syndrome.
We present the case of a carotid stump syndrome in a 72-year-old woman with a 3-day history of recurrent transient ischemic attacks. Computed tomographic angiography showed the occlusion of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery, and the presence of an internal stump with ophthalmic reverse flow, confirming the suspect of a stump syndrome. The patient underwent stent-graft exclusion of the carotid stump; she was last seen 12 months after the procedure when she remained totally asymptomatic.
Carrafiello
Gianpaolo
G
Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Delodovici
Maria Luisa
ML
Piffaretti
Gabriele
G
Castelli
Patrizio
P
D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D015607:Stents; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome