: We describe a case of an asymptomatic 70-year-old female patient on whom a carotid ultrasound examination was performed that showed intima-media thickening and a 4 mm long carotid web with a 50% web-to-bulb ratio. Spectral Doppler waveform demonstrated a turbulent flow pattern and a peak systolic velocity increase of 100% (velocity ratio = 2) when compared with the common carotid artery. Therefore, the patient seemed to be at risk of stroke, and antiaggregant treatment was suggested.
Intima-Media Thickening with Carotid Webs: A Case Report of a Potentially High-Risk Association / Tagliati, Corrado; Quaranta, Alessia; Fogante, Marco; Ventura, Claudio; Lamja, Stefania; Matarrese, Alfonso Alberto; Palumbo, Pierpaolo; Carbone, Iacopo; Di Cesare, Ernesto; Polonara, Gabriele; Schicchi, Nicolò. - In: DIAGNOSTICS. - ISSN 2075-4418. - 15:21(2025). [10.3390/diagnostics15212756]
Intima-Media Thickening with Carotid Webs: A Case Report of a Potentially High-Risk Association
Tagliati, Corrado
;Quaranta, Alessia;Fogante, Marco;Ventura, Claudio;Polonara, Gabriele;Schicchi, Nicolò
2025-01-01
Abstract
: We describe a case of an asymptomatic 70-year-old female patient on whom a carotid ultrasound examination was performed that showed intima-media thickening and a 4 mm long carotid web with a 50% web-to-bulb ratio. Spectral Doppler waveform demonstrated a turbulent flow pattern and a peak systolic velocity increase of 100% (velocity ratio = 2) when compared with the common carotid artery. Therefore, the patient seemed to be at risk of stroke, and antiaggregant treatment was suggested.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
