[Color-coded duplex ultrasound imaging of intimal fibromuscular dysplasia of the carotid artery]

Nervenarzt. 1998 Oct;69(10):905-8. doi: 10.1007/s001150050362.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Traditionally, intra-vitamin diagnosis of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) of brain supplying arteries is a domain of conventional selective angiography. We are aware of only two publications reporting of ultrasound displayed intimal and medial variants of carotid artery FMD, in one case each. We present a patient in whom color-coded duplex-sonography revealed a web-like carotid artery bulb stenosis meeting the specific criteria of a subtype of intimal FMD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / blood supply
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tunica Intima / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial