Congenital absence of left internal carotid artery associated with aberrant intracranial arterial circulation

Feng Tao, MD; Richard A. Heiden, MD; Christopher J. Konkus, RT; Jean Paul Solano; Frank Yuppa, MD

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Abstract:  el Khamlichi A, Amrani F, el Azzusi M, et al. Bilateral hypoplasia of the internal carotid arteries associated with aneurysm of the right posterior communicating artery. Apropos of a case. Neurochirurgie.1989;35(1):23-30. Sunami N, Kunishio K, Yamamoto Y, et al. Bilateral agenesis of internal car

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