A RARE CASE OF CAROTID WEB PRESENTING WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE IN A YOUNG WOMAN AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

A Rare Case of Carotid Web Presenting with Ischemic Stroke in a Young Woman and a Brief Review of the Literature

Carotid web is a radiological description of a shelf-like intraluminal filling defect in the carotid bulb.It is histologically defined as atypical fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), with abnormal fibrosis and smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in the tunica intima.The spur-like intraluminal protrusion can serve as a Chaste Tree Berry nidus for thrombus for

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