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ArticleCase reports in medicine2018

A Rare Case of Carotid Web Presenting with Ischemic Stroke in a Young Woman and a Brief Review of the Literature.

Kyaw Kyaw, Htun Latt, Sammy San Myint Aung, Jay Babu, Rajesh Rangaswamy

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Article in Case reports in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Bilateral carotid web successfully treated with endarterectomy, a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025
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  2. An uncommon cause of stroke: Common carotid artery web.Journal of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Kyaw KyawInstitute for Heart and Vascular Health, Renown Regional Medical Center, 1500 E. 2nd St. No. 302, Reno, NV 89502, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0032-6591
Htun LattDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, 1155 Mill St. No. W11, Reno, NV 89502, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5967-6361
Sammy San Myint AungInstitute for Heart and Vascular Health, Renown Regional Medical Center, 1500 E. 2nd St. No. 302, Reno, NV 89502, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7973-0254
Jay BabuDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
Rajesh RangaswamyDepartment of Radiology, Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., Reno, NV 89502, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carotid web is a radiological description of a shelf-like intraluminal filling defect in the carotid bulb. It is histologically defined as atypical fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), with abnormal fibrosis and smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in the

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PMCPMC5836297

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