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Abstract
We report an unusual case in which physiologic neck rotation impeded perfusion through the internal carotid artery. The patient had a history of prior radical neck surgery and radiation for malignancy. He presented withbow hunter’s-like symptoms with transient loss of consciousness and right-sided weakness with left lateral neck rotation. A self-expanding peripheral stent was successfully used to treat the patient by preventing rotatory carotid compression. In select patients with prior neck surgery and radiation, carotid injections should be part of a dynamic cerebral angiogram if the vertebral arteries are unremarkable.
- stent
- neck
- intervention
- blood flow
- artery
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Republished with permission from BMJ Case Reports. Published 14 October 2018; doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-014210
Contributors PK: Study concept, manuscript writing and revision. AS: Manuscript writing and revision. JNJ: Manuscript writing and revision. SRC: Study concept, manuscript writing and revision.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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