EJVES Extra
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 36-38, November 2008

Continued Flow in the Internal Carotid Artery Post Occlusion Due to an Aberrant Distal Branch

Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Received 6 August 2008; accepted 10 September 2008. published online 05 November 2008.

Abstract 

We present the case of a patient who exhibited continued flow in the distal internal carotid artery (ICA) despite complete occlusion at the carotid bifurcation. Patency was maintained by the presence of an aberrant branch distal to the occlusion.

Keywords: Aberrant, Carotid, Occlusion

 

PII: S1533-3167(08)00022-8

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2008.09.002

EJVES Extra
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 36-38, November 2008

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