RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Republished: A rare case of absent left common carotid artery with bovine origin of the left external carotid artery
JF Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
JO J NeuroIntervent Surg
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP e20
OP e20
DO 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012540.rep
VO 9
IS 5
A1 Goyal, Sumit
A1 Sinha, Ajit Kumar
YR 2017
UL http://jnis.bmj.com/content/9/5/e20.abstract
AB A 22-year-old man had cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and his angiogram incidentally revealed an absent left common carotid artery with bovine origin of the left external carotid artery. There was also an associated low bifurcation of the right common carotid artery and basilar artery fenestration. The absence of a common carotid artery is a very rare angiographic finding, and an association with a bovine origin of the left external carotid artery has not been reported previously in the literature. Here we provide a description of the case along with a review of the literature and embryology.