Unilateral congenital elongation of the cervical part of the internal carotid artery with kinking and looping: two case reports and review of the literature

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Unilateral and bilateral variation in the course and elongation of the cervical (extracranial) part of the internal carotid artery (ICA) leading to its tortuosity, kinking and coiling or looping is not a rare condition, which could be caused by both embryological...

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Main Authors: Rao Suresh R, Rao Ramesh T, Ovchinnikov Nikolai A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:Head & Face Medicine
Online Access:http://www.head-face-med.com/content/3/1/29