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Association between Calcification of the Cervical Carotid Artery Bifurcation and White Matter Ischemia

N.F. Fanning^a, T.D. Walters^a, A.J. Fox^a and S.P. Symons^a

^a Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

View larger version (42K): [in a new window]   Fig 1. Axial CT at level of thyroid cartilage shown on soft tissue window (width, 340 HU; center, 43 HU) in panel A and narrow window (width, 1 HU; center, 130 HU) in panel B. Three calcific plaques are seen at the right distal common carotid artery (arrow).

View larger version (56K): [in a new window]   Fig 2. Examples of the white matter rating scores by using the European Task Force on Age-Related White Matter Changes, from 3 separate study cases. Score 1 (A): focal ill-defined hypoattenuation in the left corona radiate (arrow); score 2 (B): beginning confluence of lesions; score 3 (C): diffuse involvement of the frontal and parieto-occipital region seen in this example.