Abstract
Malignant osteopetrosis is associated with petrous carotid canal and internal carotid artery stenosis in the skull base. We present a four-year-old boy with malignant osteopetrosis who developed right frontal lobe infarction as a result of bilateral internal carotid artery hypotrophy.
MeSH terms
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Blood Transfusion
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Brain / pathology
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Carotid Arteries / pathology*
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Carotid Stenosis / complications
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Carotid Stenosis / pathology*
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Cerebral Angiography / methods
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Child, Preschool
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Humans
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Imaging, Three-Dimensional
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Male
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Osteopetrosis / complications
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Osteopetrosis / pathology*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods