Floating Carotid Thrombus Treated By Endoluminal Stent Reconstruction with Anticoagulation: A Case Report

We present case of a 44 year-old male with ischemic stroke caused by thrombo-embolism from floating thrombus most probably caused by an atherosclerotic plaque rupture. Thrombus was detected during ultrasound imaging of carotid vessels. Computed tomography angiography of neck vessels confirmed the presence of atherosclerotic plaque rupture with evidence of thrombus in proximal internal carotid. After discussion with the neurosurgical team, our case was treated with anticoagulation and Endoluminal stent reconstruction of ruptured carotid plaque. Keywords: carotid artery disease; cerebrovascular accident