Bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy in malignant osteopetrosis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2008
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Blood Transfusion, Brain/pathology
Publication Title
Singapore Medical Journal
Volume
49
Issue
7
Publisher
Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association
Additional Information
Department of Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
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