Congenital horner's syndrome associated with unilateral agenesis of the internal carotid artery and unusual aortic arch anomaly

Hüseyin Özdemir; Kamran Mahmutyazicioğlu; Aysun Ünal; Ahmet Savranlar; H. Tuğrul Atasoy; Murat Sümer; Sadi Gündoğdu

doi:10.1007/s00547-004-1016-8

International Journal of Angiology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Int J Angiol 2003; 12(4): 266-269
DOI: 10.1007/s00547-004-1016-8

Original Articles

Congenital horner's syndrome associated with unilateral agenesis of the internal carotid artery and unusual aortic arch anomaly

Hüseyin Özdemir¹ , Kamran Mahmutyazicioğlu¹ , Aysun Ünal² , Ahmet Savranlar¹ , H. Tuğrul Atasoy² , Murat Sümer² , Sadi Gündoğdu¹

¹Department of Radiology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
²Department of Neurology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey

This study was done at Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, No financial support was required for this study.

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Abstract

Unilateral congenital agenesis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is a very rare vascular anomaly. Rarely, congenital Horner's syndrome has been associated with agenesis of the ICA. This article describes a rare case of congenital Horner's syndrome in a patient with ICA agenesis and very unusual aortic arch anomaly.

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