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Case Reports
. 1980 Jan-Feb;11(1):95-8.
doi: 10.1161/01.str.11.1.95.

Spontaneous bilateral recanalization in bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion

T M Markwalder, R W Starrett, M Mumenthaler
Case Reports

Spontaneous bilateral recanalization in bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion

T M Markwalder et al. Stroke. 1980 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

The authors report a young woman with bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion shown by carotid angiography. There was spontaneous bilateral recanalization demonstrated radiographically. The possible causes, e.g. the intake of oral contraceptive drugs, a spontaneous intimal dissection and other etiological features are discussed and the literature is reviewed.

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