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Abstract
The presence of one or more thin flap-like membranes arising from the posterior wall of the INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY bulb. While carotid webs can be asymptomatic, they may also be associated with TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS, and STROKE.
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- Carotid Artery Webs
- Carotid Atypical Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Carotid Bulb Webs
- Carotid Diaphragms
- Carotid Pseudovalvular Fold
- Carotid Pseudovalvular Folds
- Carotid Web
- Artery Webs, Carotid
- Carotid Artery Web
- Carotid Bulb Web
- Carotid Diaphragm
- Diaphragm, Carotid
- Web, Carotid
- Web, Carotid Artery
- Web, Carotid Bulb
- Symptomatic Carotid Webs
- Carotid Web, Symptomatic
- Symptomatic Carotid Web
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
2026
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Previous Indexing
- Carotid Artery Diseases (2015-2025)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Carotid Webs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099136. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099136
- Carotid Webs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137660762