Bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy in malignant osteopetrosis
Malignant osteopetrosis is associated with petrous carotid canal and internal carotid artery stenosis in the skull base. We present a four-year-old boy with malignant osteopetrosis who developed right frontal lobe infarction as a result of bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy.
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| Format: | Article |
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Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association
2008
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/1020/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18695851 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaya |
| Summary: | Malignant osteopetrosis is associated with petrous carotid canal and internal carotid artery stenosis in the skull base. We present a four-year-old boy with malignant osteopetrosis who developed right frontal lobe infarction as a result of bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy. |
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