Study of the hypoplasic internal carotid artery by use of multislice spiral computed tomography. Two case reports;Estudio de la arteria carótida interna hipoplásica mediante tomografía computarizada helicoidal multicorte. A propósito de dos casos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 832-837

  Ibarra de Grassa, B ^a   Romero Vidal, F J ^a   Alarcon Alcaraz M M ^a   Arenillas Lara, J F ^a   Fernandez Lara L J ^a   Coscojuela Santaliestra, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arteriography; Chiari I; Helical computerized tomography; Internal carotid artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SKULL BASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0036860255     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3509.2002332     Document Type: Article

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