File:Acute internal carotid artery dissection (Radiopaedia 53541-59558 Axial non-contrast 29).jpg

Summary:

• Radiopaedia case ID: 53541
• Image ID: 30379723
• Image stack position: 29/63
• Plane projection: Axial
• Aux modality: non-contrast
• Modality: CT
• System: Central Nervous System
• Findings: CT brain study. No evidence of sulcal effacement, acute hemorrhage or ischemic changes within the brain. Ventricular pattern is appropriate for age. No acute fractures seen. The cervical segment of the left internal carotid artery demonstrates a narrowed lumen with a crescent-shaped hyperattenuating focus, favored to be a mural thrombus that extends towards the skull base. This is suspicious for acute left internal carotid artery dissection, especially given the presenting history.
• Published: 12th Sep 2017
• Source: https://radiopaedia.org/cases/acute-internal-carotid-artery-dissection
• Author: Andrew Dixon
• Permission: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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