Kumar Nitin, Gosal Jaskaran Singh, Tiwari Sarbesh, Garg Mayank, Bhaskar Suryanarayanan, Jha Deepak Kumar
Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Surg Neurol Int. 2020 Nov 6;11:377. doi: 10.25259/SNI_710_2020. eCollection 2020.
"Kissing carotids" typically involves the lower C4-C6 retropharyngeal space. Here, we describe a case of "kissing carotids" observed at the C1-C2 level in conjunction with basilar invagination (BI).
A 34-year-old-male presented with congenital atlantoaxial dislocation and BI. The initial surgical plan was for a transoral decompression (TOD). However, this approach was abandoned when the preoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA) documented "kissing carotids" lying anteriorly at the C1-C2 level.
Obtaining a CTA before performing a TOD for BI is essential to prevent an intraoperative catastrophic hemorrhage due to the laceration of "kissing carotids."
“颈动脉交叉”通常涉及咽后间隙的下颈4-颈6水平。在此，我们描述一例在颈1-颈2水平观察到的“颈动脉交叉”病例，同时伴有基底凹陷（BI）。
一名34岁男性，患有先天性寰枢椎脱位和基底凹陷。最初的手术计划是经口减压（TOD）。然而，当术前计算机断层扫描血管造影（CTA）显示颈1-颈2水平前方存在“颈动脉交叉”时，该方法被放弃。
在对基底凹陷进行经口减压之前进行CTA检查对于预防因“颈动脉交叉”撕裂导致的术中灾难性出血至关重要。
