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 Muira Puama 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 nidus for thrombus formation