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SUBMITTER: Segawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Segawa Masafumi M Inoue Tomohiro T Tsunoda Sho S Noda Ryuuichi R Akabane Atsuya A
Neurologia medico-chirurgica 20220401 5
Persistent primitive hypoglossal artery (PHA) originating from the external carotid artery (ECA) is a rare anomaly. Reports of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for ECA stenosis associated with this anomaly are even rarer. A 76-year-old woman presented to a medical clinic with a major complaint of refractory dizziness. Carotid ultrasound study suggested severe stenosis of the left cervical carotid bifurcation; therefore, she was referred to our department for a possible CEA. The imaging results indic ...[more]