Dynamic assessment of internal carotid artery and elongated styloid process in a case of bilateral carotid artery dissection.

Conclusion: We showed that repeated attachment of the styloid process and ICA may trigger an ICA dissection during head rotation. This finding would be helpful for understanding the causes of vascular Eagle syndrome. PMID: 32637216 [PubMed]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research