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Carotid Web in Duplex Sonography: 4 Cases

이중초음파에서 관찰된 경동맥갈퀴막: 4례

  • Han, Minho (Department of Neurology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System) ;
  • Seo, Kangsik (Department of Neurology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System) ;
  • Choi, Junghye (Department of Neurology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System)
  • 한민호 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 신경과) ;
  • 서강식 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 신경과) ;
  • 최정혜 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 신경과)
  • Received : 2020.01.02
  • Accepted : 2020.01.22
  • Published : 2020.03.31

Abstract

Carotid web is a disease that is rarely found in patients with ischemic stroke, whereas it is more frequently observed in cryptogenic stroke patients. Fibromuscular dysplasia is known as the cause of carotid web, and it has been reported that carotid web causes blood flow disturbance, resulting in both thrombus and embolic stroke. Carotid web is confused with carotid dissection because fibromuscular dysplasia causes relatively rigid fibrous structures to grow into the lumen of the carotid artery and this creates a double lumen that is seen on duplex sonography. In addition, carotid web is web-shaped and may be confused with other carotid artery diseases such as ulcerative plaque. However, carotid web tends to be thicker at the beginning and thinner at the end, and it also has no flutter. Therefore, this study reports on four cases of carotid web with the overall description of the carotid web and the characteristic findings of duplex sonography in patients with carotid web.

경동맥갈퀴막은 전체 뇌졸중 환자에서 매우 드물게 발견되는 희귀한 질환이며, 원인불명뇌졸중(cryptogenic stroke) 환자에서 다른 뇌졸중 아형에 비해 빈번하게 관찰되는 특징이 있다. 혈관 내막의 섬유근이형성증(fibromuscular dysplasia)이 경동맥갈퀴막의 원인으로 알려져 있고, 경동맥갈퀴막은 혈관 내 혈류의 교란을 야기하여 혈전을 만들고 색전성 뇌졸중을 일으킬 수 있다고 보고되었다. 경동맥갈퀴막은 섬유근이형성증으로 인해 비교적 딱딱한 섬유성 구조물이 혈관의 내강으로 뻗어 나오게 되고, 이중초음파에서 이중 속공간(double lumen)을 만들기 때문에 경동맥박리와 혼동하기 쉽다. 또한, 경동맥갈퀴막은 갈퀴막(web) 모양이기 때문에 궤양성죽상판과 같은 다른 경동맥질환과 혼동할 우려가 있다. 하지만, 경동맥갈퀴막은 시작 부위가 굵었다가 끝으로 갈수록 가늘어지는 경향이 있고, 박동성 혈류에 의한 펄럭임이 없는 것이 특징이다. 따라서, 본 연구는 총 4개의 경동맥갈퀴막 증례를 가지고, 질환에 대한 전반적인 설명과 함께 이중초음파의 특징적인 소견에 집중하여 보고하고자 한다.

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