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Occlusion of Internal Carotid Artery in Kimura's Disease
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-03-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We describe a unique case of Kimura's disease in which cerebral infarction was caused by occlusion of the right internal carotid artery.
A 25-year-old man with Kimura's disease was admitted to our hospital because of left hemiparesis.
Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed infarction in the right frontal and temporal lobes.
Cerebral angiography demonstrated right internal carotid artery occlusion affecting the C1 segment, with moyamoya-like collateral vessels arising from the right opthalamic artery.
Kimura's disease is a chronic disease characterized by the clinical triad of slowly enlarging subcutaneous masses with lymphoid hyperplasia in the head and neck.
It often occurs in young Asian men.
In our patient, the pathogenesis of internal carotid artery occlusion was unknown.
There have only been a few case reports in which occlusion of the internal carotid artery was associated with autoimmune disease, and no previous cases of internal carotid occlusion associated with Kimura's disease have been reported.
We suspected that occlusion of this patient's internal carotid artery may be caused by the autoimmune mechanism that underlies Kimura's disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tamaki, Tomonori& Yoji, Node. 2010. Occlusion of Internal Carotid Artery in Kimura's Disease. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tamaki, Tomonori& Yoji, Node. Occlusion of Internal Carotid Artery in Kimura's Disease. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469697
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tamaki, Tomonori& Yoji, Node. Occlusion of Internal Carotid Artery in Kimura's Disease. Case Reports in Medicine. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469697
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-469697