Floating thrombus in the common carotid artery
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Idiopathic free-floating thrombus of the common carotid artery.
BACKGROUND The observation of an intraluminal common carotid artery thrombus overlying a wall defect at ultrasonography or angiography is unusual. To our knowledge, there are no previous reports of a free-floating thrombus in the common carotid artery. CASE REPORT A 45-year-old woman who was previously healthy and on no medications presented with acute hemiparesis and aphasia. Following testi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ultrasound
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1971-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.jus.2010.10.006