CASE REPORT article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Cardiovascular Surgery
Congenital Absence of the Right Carotid Artery with Left Carotid Artery Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang First People's Hospital, P.R. China, Zhenjaing, China
- 2Zhenjiang Fourth Peoples Hospital and Zhenjiang Women and Children's Hospital, Zhenjiang, China
- 3Women's Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Unilateral carotid artery pseudoaneurysm combined with congenital absence of the contralateral internal carotid artery is clinically rare, and currently available literature is limited. This article reports a case of a 37-year-old male patient with a left carotid artery pseudoaneurysm and congenital absence of the right common and internal carotid arteries, initially presenting with a neck mass. The patient recovered well two years after surgery.
Keywords: Neck Mass, Carotid artery absence, Carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, Congenital vascular anomaly, Carotid revascularization
Received: 10 Sep 2025; Accepted: 27 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence: Muhammad Asad Iqbal, mdasadiqbal@aol.com
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