Unilateral dysgenesis of the internal carotid artery: Spectrum of imaging findings

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-69

  De Mendonça, José Luiz Furtado ^a,b   Viana, Sergio Lopes ^a,c,g   Freitas, Flávia Mendes Oliveira ^a   Matos, Valter De Lima ^a,d   Viana, Maria Angelica De Carvalho Barbosa ^e   Silva, Renato Faria ^c   Quaglia, Luiz Augusto Nardelli ^b   Guerra, Jozephina Gonçalves ^f  

^a Clinica Radiologica Vila Rica   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Santa Lucia   (Brazil)

^c Hospital das Clínicas de Brasília   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL DE BASE DO DISTRITO FEDERAL   (Brazil)

^f Hospital Regional de Taguatinga   (Brazil)

^g NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computed tomography angiography; Dysgenesis; Internal carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; RARE DISEASE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43349107648     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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