Mobile plaque in the internal carotid artery: A case report and review | Zendy

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Mobile plaque in the internal carotid artery: A case report and review

Author(s) -

Dheeraj Khurana,

Monica Saini,

Judy Laldinpuii,

Niranjan Khandelwal,

Sudesh Prabhakar

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

annals of indian academy of neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 1998-3549

pISSN - 0972-2327

DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.56320

Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , carotid arteries , duplex (building) , radiology , angiography , stroke (engine) , cardiology , dna , mechanical engineering , genetics , biology , engineering

A mobile plaque in the carotid artery is an uncommon entity, usually detected incidentally on a carotid duplex scan or angiography. It is associated with an indeterminate risk of an embolic stroke and should be managed on an emergent basis. We report here a case of a mobile plaque in the internal carotid artery that was detected serendipitously in a carotid duplex scan.

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