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Cerebral Infarction Due to Carotid Occlusion Caused by Cervical Vagal Neurilemmoma
Stroke 33:1428-1431, Matsuo,R.,et al, 2002
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Article Abstract
This is the first case of cerebral infarction due to left ICA occlusion by a cervical neurilemmoma. Even when the neck tumor is benign, it may occlude the ICA and thereby cause cerebral infarction.
 
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