Vascular Eagle's Syndrome: Two Cases Illustrating Distinct Mechanisms of Cerebral Ischemia

Authors

  • Abdulrahman Aldakkan
  • Marshall Dunn
  • Nebras Mustehsan Warsi
  • Alireza Mansouri
  • Thomas Marotta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v11i8.3040

Keywords:

Eagle Syndrome, Carotid Thromboembolism, Carotid Pseudoaneurysm, Positional Cerebral Ischemia, Thromboembolic Stroke, Brain, Carotid Artery, MRI, CT, CT Angiography

Abstract

We report two cases of Vascular Eagle's Syndrome, which demonstrate two distinct mechanisms of cerebral ischemia. In the first case, hemodynamic transient cerebral ischemia arose as a direct result of compression of the internal carotid artery (ICA). In the second, embolic large left middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction as a result of a thrombus from a pseudoaneurysmal dilatation of the left ICA.

Author Biographies

Abdulrahman Aldakkan

Division of Neurosurgery,

King Saud University,

Riyadh,

Saudi Arabia

Marshall Dunn

Radiology Resident,

Department of Diagnostic Radiology,

Dalhousie University

Nebras Mustehsan Warsi

Neurosurgery Resident

Division of Neurosurgery,

University of Toronto

Alireza Mansouri

Neurosurgery Resident

Division of Neurosurgery,

University of Toronto

Thomas Marotta

Head,

Division of Diagnostic & Therapeutic Neuroradiology

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, ON

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Published

2017-08-27

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 8 (2017)

Section

Neuroradiology

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