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Submission No - 950272 OTPP05 |
Bilateral internal carotid artery agenesis as a rare cause of
pulsatile
tinnitus A case report |
PRVET KORFEZ HOSPITAL,ENT DEPARTMENT,ENT SPESIALIST,OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST |
AYNUR ALYEVA
, RAUF NASIROV, OZLEM YAGIZ ZIYA KARIMOV
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Abstract: Bilateral congenital agenesis of the internal carotid
artery
is a very rare anomaly. Intracranial circulation in the involved
internal carotid artery territory is maintained by collateral
circulation from the contralateral internal carotid artery
through the
anterior communicating artery and from the vertebrobasilar system
through the posterior communicating artery. People with this
abnormality
asymptomatic for many years. However, patients may also present
with
pulsatile tinnitus, headache or blurred vision, or rarely with
ischemic
stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage. Diagnosis is usually
incidental with
the performance of carotid artery Doppler ultrasonography or
cervical/cranial magnetic resonance imaging owing to other
symptoms. We
report on a case of bilateral internal carotid artery agenesis
with
pulsatile tinnitus lasting 5 years, other clinical presentation
and
imaging findings. Keywords: Agenesis, Internal carotid artery |
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