Bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy in malignant osteopetrosis
Malignant osteopetrosis is associated with petrous carotid canal and internal carotid artery stenosis in the skull base. We present a four-year-old boy with malignant osteopetrosis who developed right frontal lobe infarction as a result of bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy.
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Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association
2008
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| Summary: | Malignant osteopetrosis is associated with petrous carotid canal and internal carotid artery stenosis in the skull base. We present a four-year-old boy with malignant osteopetrosis who developed right frontal lobe infarction as a result of bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy. |
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