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Case Reports
. 2021 Sep 3;14(9):e245908.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245908.

Internal carotid artery dissection due to elongated styloid process

Matthew Tanti  1 , Aubrey Smith  2 , Daniel J Warren  3 , Luis Idrovo  4
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Case Reports

Internal carotid artery dissection due to elongated styloid process

Matthew Tanti et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ear; neuroimaging; nose and throat; stroke.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Left: reconstructed CT image demonstrating absence of flow in right internal carotid artery (red arrow) and right-sided elongated styloid process which has two pseudoarticulations (black arrow). Right: Postprocedure reconstructed image demonstrating stent adjacent to styloid process (white arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Head CT demonstrating evolving infarction of right frontal lobe (white arrow).
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