Extrinsic Compression of Internal Carotid Artery

A Penetrating Pellet Jeopardizing Internal Carotid Artery

Dense Lymphatic Tissue Causing Compression of the Internal Carotid Artery

A 59-year-old HIV positive female presented with cardiac symptomatology. Cardiology workup included a cardiac catheterization during which a carotid angiogram was performed demonstrating a 90% stenosis of the right carotid artery. The stenosis was the result of lymphoid hyperplasia with pseudo obstruction of the right carotid artery. Patients who have acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Pituitary Apoplexy Producing Internal Carotid Artery Compression: A Case Report

We report a case of pituitary apoplexy resulting in right internal carotid artery occlusion accompanied by hemiplegia and lethargy. A 43-yr-old man presented with a sudden onset of severe headache, visual disturbance and left hemiplegia. Investigations revealed a nodular mass, located in the sella and suprasellar portion and accompanied by compression of the optic chiasm. The mass compressed th...

[Internal carotid artery revascularization].

Carotid endarterectomy remains the standard revascularization technique for the prevention of ischemic stroke resulting from severe carotid stenosis. Surgery is highly beneficial in patients with a symptomatic stenosis of 70% or greater that is not a total or near-total occlusion. The benefit becomes more diluted in patients with a symptomatic 50-69% stenosis, and surgery has no effect, or even...

Extrinsic compression of the right coronary artery.

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