PURPOSE To determine the utility of [15O]H2O positron emission tomography (PET) for the quantitative determination of cerebral blood flow in patients undergoing balloon test occlusion of the internal carotid artery. METHODS Twenty-two [15O]H2O PET cerebral blood flow studies were completed on 20 patients for whom temporary or permanent occlusion of the internal carotid artery was being consid...

A 7-year-old girl with tonsillar infection with antibiotics. Two weeks later, there was a right sided neck lump. Computed tomography scans demonstrated a predominantly hypodense right retropharyngeal area with peripheral enhancement and mass effect. There was intense enhancement within the postero-superior aspect of the lesion which was continuous with the right internal carotid artery. Ultraso...

We present the case of a 47-year-old man admitted to our department with an episode of aphasia. Duplex scan showed an occluded right internal carotid artery and severe left internal carotid artery stenosis. Contrast-enhanced computer tomography demonstrated a common trunk for both common carotid arteries anterior to the trachea and aberrant right subclavian artery posterior to the esophagus. Th...

We report a rare case of internal carotid artery agenesis with stenosed intercavernous anastomosis. A 59-year-old male patient presented with a new infarction in the left basal ganglia. Magnetic resonance angiography and cerebral angiography showed that the right internal carotid artery disappeared from the origin to the foramen lacerum segment, and there was an anastomotic artery with severe s...

The development of anastomosis between the inferolateral trunk of the internal carotid artery and the artery of the foramen rotundum of the internal maxillary artery is ascribed to a variety of embryologic vascular channels between the internal and external carotid systems [1] , which is thought to be phylogenetically compatible with the rete mirabile in other vertebrates [2]. We describe the a...

Retinal artery pressure was measured by ophthalmodynamometry in 15 patients with occlusion of the internal carotid artery in its extracranial part. Nine of the patients had severe neurological deficit whereas the remaining six had slight or intermittent symptoms. Retinal artery pressure was reduced on the side of the internal carotid artery occlusion in all patients studied. Near-zero low diast...

Facial muscle twitching during intracarotid injections of nonionic contrast media has been observed in rabbits. To investigate the cause of this reaction, cortical EEG and facial EMG recordings were made from rabbits receiving selective internal and external carotid artery injections of control solutions (normal saline, mannitol), an ionic contrast medium (meglumine iothalamate), and three noni...

A case of aneurysm of the cavernous part of right Internal Carotid Artery is reported. This is a rare condition. The patient presented with recurrent episodes of epistaxis from right nostril for 10 years. Previously his right Common Carotid Artery and subsequently the Internal Carotid Artery had been ligated in the neck without benefit. A right frontal craniotomy had failed to reveal the aneury...

We describe a case of duplication of the left internal carotid artery from a point 1 cm distal to the origin to the proximal petrous segment where the vessel reunites. Duplication and fenestration of the internal carotid artery are discussed. A review of embryologic development is presented. Identification of these entities is important, especially in patients who require surgical intervention ...