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Aberrant Origin of the Occipital Artery From the Internal Carotid Artery: Utility of the Occipital Tap Maneuver [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2021
We have described a case of a suspected transient ischemic attack with a double lumen potentially resembling a dissection of the internal carotid artery on Doppler ultrasound.
Alessandro Padovani, Enrico Premi, Alberto Benussi   +2 more
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Occipital artery biopsy: Surgical technique [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023
Giant cell arteritis is a systemic inflammatory disorder that primarily affects medium- and large-size arteries. Usually, the temporal artery is involved. In rare cases, the patient experiences symptoms elsewhere, such as in the occipital region. In such
Mohammed Al-Nejar, MD, Karen Wustenberghs, MD, Benoit Thomas, MD, Carmen Schoonjans, MD, Roderik Deleersnijder, MD   +4 more
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True Occipital Artery Aneurysm: A Surgical Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

JPRAS Open, 2020
Summary: True occipital artery aneurysms are exceptionally rare. To our knowledge only five reports of true occipital artery aneurysm have been previously described.1–5 We present a rare case of a 70-year-old gentleman with a true occipital artery ...
George Lafford, Olivia Sharp
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Vertical Levels of the Occipital Artery Origin [PDF]

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives. The occipital artery (OA) is a posterior branch of the external carotid artery (ECA). The origin of the OA is commonly referred to a single landmark.
Cătălin Constantin Dumitru, Sorin Hostiuc, Alexandra Diana Vrapciu, Mugurel Constantin Rusu   +3 more
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Bilateral occipital arteries arising from the thyrocervical trunks (ascending cervical artery-occipital artery anastomosis) diagnosed by magnetic resonance angiography [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
: We herein report a case of bilateral occipital arteries (OAs) arising from the thyrocervical trunks (TCTs). The patient was a 34-year-old woman with suspected basilar artery aneurysm underwent magnetic resonance (MR) angiography of the head and neck ...
Akira Uchino, MD, PhD, Shoichiro Ishihara, MD, PhD   +1 more
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When Occipital Artery Biopsy is Preferred to Temporal Biopsy for Giant Cell Arteritis: A Step-By-Step Description of the Surgical Technique [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
Giant cell arteritis is an autoimmune disease that affects large and medium blood vessels of the head and neck. Its prompt treatment is mandatory to avoid severe and permanent complications, such as blindness.
May Dvir, MS, Ghaith Almhanni, MD, Huzaif Qaisar, MBBS, Andrew D. Calvin, MD, Tiziano Tallarita, MD   +4 more
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Occipital artery–posterior inferior cerebellar artery bypass for anterior inferior cerebellar artery stenosis with repeated cerebellar ischemic stroke: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Vertebrobasilar insufficiency revascularization has long been a preventive treatment for cerebral infarction. However, no studies have demonstrated the efficacy of revascularization in patients with cerebellar ischemia.
Hiroki Eguchi, Takashi Arai, Takakazu Kawamata   +2 more
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Point-of-care Ultrasound Clarified the Diagnosis of an Occipital Artery Pseudoaneurysm After Blunt Trauma [PDF]

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male presented to the emergency department one month after blunt trauma to the head complaining of two weeks of worsening swelling over his right posterior scalp.
Kahra Nix, Sydney Johnson, Daniel Perling, Brandon Parkinson, Haely Studebaker, Brett Foster   +5 more
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Selective Occipital Artery-Posterior Cerebral Artery Bypass Guided by Fusion Imaging and Short-Segment Parent Artery Occlusion for a Partially Thrombosed Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report [PDF]

Case Reports in Neurology
Introduction: Partially thrombosed aneurysms of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA), especially in the P2 segment, pose considerable treatment challenges owing to complex anatomy and ischemic risk.
Taro Yanagawa, Hiroki Sato, Tatsuki Kimura, Shunsuke Ikeda, Shinichiro Yoshikawa, Tsuyoshi Uesugi, Toshiki Ikeda   +6 more
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Successful treatment of a recurrent dissecting aneurysm with flow diverter placement following occipital artery–posterior inferior cerebellar artery bypass [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Branch involvement can serve as a predicting factor of incomplete occlusion after flow diverter (FD) treatment, including pipeline embolization device.
Kei Yanai, MD, PhD, Satoshi Koizumi, MD, PhD, Genta Fujii, MD, Nozomi Otsuka, MD, Masaaki Shojima, MD, PhD, Gakushi Yoshikawa, MD, PhD   +5 more
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