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Vasa Vasorum: Another Cause of the Carotid String Sign

Monty A. Martin and Tom R. Marotta
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 1999, 20 (2) 259-262;
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    Lateral left carotid angiograms in 60-year-old man with two prior CVAs.

    A, Early phase shows multiple serpiginous vessels projected over expected course of ICA (arrows).

    B, Later phase of A.

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    Lateral right carotid angiograms in 64-year-old woman with one prior CVA.

    A, Early phase shows internal carotid stump (curved arrow) and collateral vessel originating from below ICA takeoff (straight arrows).

    B and C, Later phases show continuation of collateral vessel to opacify distal ICA.

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    Lateral right carotid angiograms in 66-year-old man with multiple TIAs and one CVA.

    A and B, Multiple serpiginous vessels project over expected course of ICA (arrows) with anterograde filling of the distal ICA.

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    Frontal right carotid angiograms in 39-year-old man approximately 5 months after right carotid dissection with occlusion.

    A and B, Short-segment serpiginous network of vessels bridge narrowed cervical ICA to petrous portion of ICA (arrows).

    C, CT angiogram, transverse view, shows multiple small vessels (arrows) at perimeter of reduced-caliber thrombosed ICA.

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