title: Direct percutaneous carotid artery stenting for a patient with absence of the common carotid artery.
abstract: A 54-year-old man with symptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis with absence of the common carotid artery (CCA), who had been treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy for tonsillar carcinoma, underwent direct percutaneous carotid artery stenting (CAS). To our knowledge, this is the first report of direct percutaneous carotid artery stenting (CAS) for a patient with absent CCA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Neurological Institute, Osaka, Japan. stshto@aol.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toyota
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimine
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents