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Neurology 1999;52:883
© 1999 American Academy of Neurology

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Thrombotic carotid megabulb: Fibromuscular dysplasia, septae, and ischemic stroke

N. Kubis, MD, D. Von Langsdorff, MD, C. Petitjean, MD, J. P. Brouland, MD, J. P. Guichard, MD, R. Chapot, MD, J. Mikol, MD and F. Woimant, MD

From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Kubis and Woimant), Pathology (Drs. Von Langsdorff, Brouland, and Mikol), Neuroradiology (Drs. Guichard and Chapot), Hôpital Lariboisière, and Vascular Surgery, Clinique Alleray-Labrouste (Dr. Petitjean), Paris, France.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. France Woimant, Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France.

The proximal internal carotid artery is most commonly spared in cerebral fibromuscular dysplasia. The authors report the cases of three young black patients with stroke and carotid megabulbs with fibrous components, two of whom had superimposed thrombi.

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