Two successive incidental findings in the same patient – What would you do?
Incidental findings become more frequent as health care becomes accessible and medical investigations get more efficient and effective. We report the case of a completely asymptomatic 58 year-old female referred to our service for further investigation of an incidental finding: a right carotid arter...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of Neurology |
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| Online Access: | https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2011.4/RJN_2011_4_Art-07.pdf |
| Summary: | Incidental findings become more frequent as health care becomes accessible and medical investigations get more efficient and effective. We report the case of a completely asymptomatic 58 year-old female referred to our service for further investigation of an incidental finding: a right carotid artery stenosis. The investigations made in our department unveiled another incidental finding: an anterior communicating artery aneurysm. This complicated vascular pathology and the particularities of the case make the long-term therapeutic decision a difficult one to make. |
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| ISSN: | 1843-8148 2069-6094 |