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Letter to the Editor
Spontaneous recanalisation of a chronic internal carotid artery occlusion
Recanalización espontánea de una oclusión crónica de arteria carótida interna
H. Tejada Mezaa,
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htmeza@gmail.com

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, J. Artal Roya, R. Martínez Garcíab, J. Marta Morenoa
a Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
b Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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the patient visited our department due to a one-week history of dizziness without vertigo and no other associated clinical symptoms&#46; Physical examination revealed no new findings besides the sequelae of the previous cerebral ischaemic event&#46; Vascular risk factors were adequately controlled&#44; although LDL cholesterol levels had decreased only to 90<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;dL&#46; An echo-Doppler study of the SATs revealed a filiform flow in the right ICA &#40;which was occluded in the previous studies&#41;&#46; This was confirmed by a new angiography of the SATs&#44; which revealed a critical stenosis secondary to an atherosclerotic plaque at this level &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B&#41;&#46; The right hemisphere was adequately supplied by the left ICA&#46; Lastly&#44; considering the compensatory flow through the collateral arteries of the circle of Willis&#44; the absence of significant interhemispheric asymmetries in the evaluation of haemodynamic reserve&#44; 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unlike severe&#44; symptomatic carotid stenosis &#40;from 70&#37; to 99&#37; of arterial lumen&#41;&#44; which may be considered to involve high embolic risk and&#44; therefore&#44; benefit from endarterectomy or angioplasty&#46; After spontaneous recanalisation&#44; an occluded ICA develops severe stenosis&#59; the therapeutic approach to be taken with these patients may change as a result of this&#44; especially in those who have experienced an improvement in the sequelae caused by the previous stroke&#44; and with the brain parenchyma supplied by the occluded ICA being partially preserved&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Intra-arterial angiography is the standard test of reference to observe an occlusion or differentiate it from an ICA with severe stenosis<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a>&#59; however&#44; this is an invasive procedure and may be associated with a certain risk of complication&#46; The availability of the echo-Doppler study of the SATs&#44; and its good sensitivity and specificity to detect ICA pseudo-occlusions &#40;94&#37; and 100&#37;&#44; respectively&#41;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;10</span></a> support the use of this technique for proper follow-up of these patients&#46; In doubtful cases&#44; an echo-Doppler study of the SATs together with a CT angiography or contrast-enhanced MRI angiography may avert the need to perform an angiography&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0110"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> The duration and frequency with which follow-up echo-Doppler studies of the SATs should be performed in patients with carotid occlusions are not clear&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This case is an example of the possibility of late spontaneous recanalisation of an occluded ICA&#46; This event may be more frequent than expected&#46; 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¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos