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Ventricular Obstruction Due to Ectasia of the Internal Carotid Artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

A.R. Hudson*
Affiliation:
departments of Neurosurgery & Radiology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
C.G. Gonsalves
Affiliation:
departments of Neurosurgery & Radiology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
*
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8
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This is a report of the first recorded instance of ventricular obstruction at the foramen of Monro by an ectatic carotid artery. The clinical course, investigations and treatment are described.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1975

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