CASE REPORT   

International Angiology 2004 September;23(3):284-7

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language: English

Carotid stump syndrome. A case report and literature review

Sultan S., Heskin L., El Hediny Y., Oaikhinan K., Gough V., Akhta Y., Courtney D.

Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Western Vascular Institute, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland

Carot­id stump syn­drome ­occurs infre­quent­ly. Diag­no­sis and man­age­ment ­requires flow stud­ies with ­duplex ultra­sound scan as well as ana­tom­i­cal delin­ea­tion of the affect­ed ves­sel by mag­net­ic res­o­nance angio­gra­phy. Sur­gi­cal exclu­sion of the inter­nal carot­id ­artery is safe and effec­tive and is the gold stan­dard of treat­ment with best med­i­cal ther­a­py.