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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr 5:2013:bcr2012008444.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008444.

A rare cause of neck swelling in a child

Abhimanyu K Niswade  1 , Vijaya Sarathi, Saumil Desai, Pawan Kalamdani
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Case Reports

A rare cause of neck swelling in a child

Abhimanyu K Niswade et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Clinical photograph of the patient showing right-sided neck swelling (A) with long slender face and sternotomy scar (B) and MR angiogram of major neck vessels showing marked tortuosities of bilateral carotid and vertebral arteries (C).
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