Internal carotid artery thrombosis and its evolution documented by computed tomography angiography.
A case of a 79-year-old man, affected by persistent right eye blindness after multiple episodes of transient left hemiparesis and right eye amaurosis. Brain computed tomography (Angio CT) well documented right internal carotid artery (ICA) plaque with a 8-mm thrombus extending from ICA origin to the ophthalmic artery, in progressive lysis in the next days.
Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, section of Clinical Neurology;
Silvia
S
Olivato
Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, section of Clinical Neurology;
Giulia
G
Turri
Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, section of Clinical Neurology;
Sara
S
Mazzucco
Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, section of Radiology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Giancarlo
G
Mansueto
angioCT.; stroke; visual loss