Improvement of Convulsion by Operation for Kinked Internal Carotid Artery in an Infant

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This report concerns a 1 year 3 months old femal infant who was thought to have seizures and right hemlparesis due to kinking of the internal carotid artery which was found by carotid angiography. The left lateral angiogram showed a marked tortuous course of the internal carotid artery immediately above the carotid bifurcation. Pneumoencephalogram suggested severe degree of atrophy of the left cerebral hemisphere. An operation was performed to correct the buckling of this vessel by traction and fixation to straighten its course. Postoperative course was uneventful. Previous convulsions disappeared with improvement of the right hemiparesis.

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