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Vascular Eagle's Syndrome: Two Cases Illustrating Distinct Mechanisms of Cerebral Ischemia
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Vascular Eagle's Syndrome: Two Cases Illustrating Distinct Mechanisms of Cerebral Ischemia

Abdulrahman Aldakkan, Marshall Dunn, Nebras M Warsi, Alireza Mansouri and Thomas R Marotta
Journal of radiology case reports, Vol.11(8), pp.1-7
01/08/2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v11i8.3040
PMCID: PMC5743131
PMID: 29299100

Abstract

Aged Aged, 80 and over Brain Ischemia - diagnostic imaging Brain Ischemia - etiology Carotid Artery Injuries - complications Carotid Artery Injuries - diagnostic imaging Carotid Artery, Internal - diagnostic imaging Carotid Stenosis - diagnostic imaging Carotid Stenosis - etiology Cerebral Angiography Cerebral Infarction - diagnostic imaging Cerebral Infarction - etiology Computed Tomography Angiography Humans Imaging, Three-Dimensional Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - diagnostic imaging Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - etiology Intracranial Embolism - diagnostic imaging Intracranial Embolism - etiology Male Middle Cerebral Artery - diagnostic imaging Ossification, Heterotopic - complications Ossification, Heterotopic - diagnostic imaging Temporal Bone - abnormalities Temporal Bone - diagnostic imaging Thromboembolism - diagnostic imaging Thromboembolism - etiology
We report two cases of Vascular Eagle's Syndrome, which demonstrate two distinct mechanisms of cerebral ischemia. In the first case, hemodynamic transient cerebral ischemia arose as a direct result of compression of the internal carotid artery (ICA). In the second, embolic large left middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction as a result of a thrombus from a pseudoaneurysmal dilatation of the left ICA.
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