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Chest X-ray showing a lesion in the right lung.
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X-ray of the chest revealed a 10 mm lesion in the right lung (Figure 1).
Computed tomography of the brain showing a cerebral infarction in the right hemisphere.
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Computed tomography (CT) of the brain showed a cerebral infarction in the right hemisphere (Figure 2).
A circumferential thickening of the common carotid artery wall was detected on Doppler ultrasonography, while the vessel wall of the internal carotid artery was normal.
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There was a stenosis of the caudal part of the right common carotid artery and a poststenotic flow with low velocities in the medial and cranial part of the vessel, while the left common carotid artery was occluded (Figure 3).
Spiral CT angiography displaying a high-grade stenosis at the origin of the right common carotid artery, whereas the left common carotid artery is occluded.
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Spiral CT angiography demonstrated a high-grade stenosis of the origin of the common carotid artery on the right side, whereas the common carotid artery on the left side was occluded (Figure 4).