title: Congenital external carotid-internal carotid artery anastomosis diagnosed by MR angiography.
abstract: We present what we believe is the first report of external carotid-internal carotid artery anastomosis, which forms a large arterial ring at the proximal cervical internal carotid artery (ICA). If the small channel of the proximal cervical ICA is occluded, the remaining large channel of the external carotid artery may be diagnosed as a nonbifurcating cervical carotid artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. auchino@saitama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watadani
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology*; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male