carotid web

Figure 1. Digital subtraction angiographic image, which shows a small, curvilinear filling defect in the proximal left internal carotid artery reflecting a carotid web.

Case Report

Carotid Web as Etiology of Recurrent Embolic Ischemic Stroke

07/15/2024

Rachel Shatanof , MD;

Simon Gaviria-Valencia , MD;

Francisco Ujueta , MD, MS;

Arman Gill , MD;

David Paniagua , MD;

Carotid webs are nonatherosclerotic fibrous bands commonly found on the carotid bulb's posterior margin. Little is known about their pathogenesis. It is hypothesized that carotid webs are congenital abnormalities that proliferate in response...

Carotid webs are...

07/15/2024

Vascular Disease Management

Figure 3. Digital subtraction angiography image of the left carotid injection showing occlusion of the left M1 middle cerebral artery.

Case Report

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Associated With an Ipsilateral Internal Carotid Artery Web

09/21/2023

Santhosh Reddy Kantala , MD, FNVIR;

Muppidi Shruthi , MD;

Ranjith Kumar , MD;

K. Ravinder Reddy , MD;

This case report highlights the clinical trajectory of a previously healthy young man who presented with acute right hemiplegia due to left middle cerebral artery occlusion. The patient underwent successful mechanical thrombectomy.

This case report highlights the...

09/21/2023

Vascular Disease Management