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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 25:2020:3290460.
doi: 10.1155/2020/3290460. eCollection 2020.

Symptomatic Internal Carotid Agenesis in Children

Abdullah Alhaizaey  1 , Ibrahim Alhelali  2 , Musaed Alghamdi  3 , Ahmed Azazy  1 , Mohammed A Samir  4
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Case Reports

Symptomatic Internal Carotid Agenesis in Children

Abdullah Alhaizaey et al. Case Rep Pediatr. .

Abstract

Carotid artery agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, and there are controversies in the leading cause for it. We present a 6-year-old girl with resolved focal neurological ischemic stroke that showed bilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) agenesis. Through this paper, we highlight the carotid canal congenital obliteration hypothesis as it may be a risk for such finding.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Sagittal view for CT head and neck with arterial phase contrast showed bilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) agenesis as shown by arrows A and B. Arrow C shows collaterals communicating with cerebral circulation that was supplied by an enlarged posterior communicating artery (POCMA) from a basilar artery (BA) and arrow D shows carotid rete mirabile from the external carotid artery.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Skull base bone view with arrow showing obliteration for petrous bone carotid canal in the 6-year-old patient with bilateral ICA agenesis.
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