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Ⅰ.はじめに
頚部放射線照射後の頚動脈狭窄症(radiation induced carotid stenosis:RI-CS)は,よく知られた合併症であり,現在ではステント留置術(carotid artery stenting:CAS)が治療の第一選択とされている.しかしながら,その治療成績については報告によってやや差異があり,いまだ統一された見解は得られていない.今回われわれは,自験例よりRI-CSにおける病変の特徴,治療成績について検討を行い,治療に際しての留意点について考察を加えた.
Purpose and Methods: To evaluate the outcome and lesion characteristics in patients with radiation induced carotid stenoses (RI-CS) treated by carotid artery stenting (CAS), a total of five patients with RI-CS (six lesions) were retrospectively analyzed.
Results: Four lesions had their most stenotic site at the common carotid artery (CCA). All cases had contralateral carotid or vertebral artery stenosis (>50%). All patients had risk factors of atherosclerosis and all lesions contained unstable plaques at the stenotic site. A total of seven procedures were carried out and procedural success was obtained in all cases. Asymptomatic embolic infarctions associated with procedure were observed in four cases by diffusion-weighted MR imaging. In-stent thrombi were observed in two cases, one of which developed a neurological symptom three days after the procedure.
Conclusion: CAS is a technically successful intervention for RI-CS. Care should be taken according to the characteristics of the plaque, which usually is vulnerable and long. Appropriate choice of a protection method could help in the reduction of unfavorable embolic complications and close postoperative follow up is mandatory.
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