Title: Cerebrovascular circulation "steal" syndrome secondary to a voluminous retrotracheal goiter.
Abstract:A case of recurrent transient ischaemic attacks in the brain resolved after removal of a voluminous retrotracheal goiter is presented. The presence of congenital atretic left vertebral artery, associa...A case of recurrent transient ischaemic attacks in the brain resolved after removal of a voluminous retrotracheal goiter is presented. The presence of congenital atretic left vertebral artery, associated with impairment of left carotid artery blood flow by a very large inferior thyroid artery, probably caused the episodes to transient ischaemic attack.Read More
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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