Carotid Artery Entrapment by the Hyoid Bone —A Rare Cause of Recurrent Strokes in a Young Patient

We report a case of recurrent strokes in a 32-year-old woman due to an elongated hyoid bone causing thrombus formation in her right internal carotid artery (ICA), resulting in recurrent embolic strokes confirmed on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research