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Case Reports
. 2013 Jan 8:2013:bcr2012007705.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007705.

Extracranial saccular atherosclerotic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery (ICA) treated by an oblique end-to-end primary anastomosis

Jakub Kaczynski  1 , Maria Wilczynska, Marek Blaszczynski, Louis Fligelstone
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Case Reports

Extracranial saccular atherosclerotic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery (ICA) treated by an oblique end-to-end primary anastomosis

Jakub Kaczynski et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Right internal carotid artery aneurysm.
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Figure 2
End to end oblique primary anastomosis.
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Figure 3
Saccular atherosclerotic internal carotid artery aneurysm.
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Figure 4
Stretched vagus nerve and elongated, torturous internal carotid artery.
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Figure 5
Shunt within the opened sac of the internal carotid artery aneursym.
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