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The New Zealand Medical Journal

 Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association, 15-July-2005, Vol 118 No 1218

Cervical Asymmetry
A 79-year-old Asian Indian female presented with a 10-year history of a pulsatile swelling in the right side of her neck, which increased in size without causing symptoms other than disfigurement (Figure 1).
Questions: What is the differential diagnosis and what does Figure 2 show?
Figure 1

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Figure 2
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Author information: Sumit R Kapadia, Rajiv Parakh, Tarun Grover, Surbhi Joshi; Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence: Dr Sumit Kapadia, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Room No. 100 – First Floor, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi –110060, India. Fax: +91 11 25861759; email: drsumit_k@rediffmail.com
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  4. Ramsay DW, McAuliffe M. Stenting of carotid artery false aneurysms. Clin Radiol. 2003;58:176–7.
     
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