Severe stenosis of the internal carotid artery presenting as loss of consciousness due to the presence of a primitive hypoglossal artery: A case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-312

  Katoh, Masahito ^a   Kamiyama, Hiroyasu ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuaki ^a   Makino, Kenichi ^a   Takano, Katsunobu ^a   Tokumitsu, Naoki ^a   Takamura, Haruo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loss of consciousness; Primitive hypoglossal artery; TIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIMITIVE HYPOGLOSSAL ARTERY; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTIGO;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0033015280     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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