64-year-old male with elongated styloid processes and fractured, occluded left internal carotid artery stent presumed to be due to stylocarotid syndrome.
FINDINGS: Fractured, severely stenotic left internal carotid artery stent (solid arrow) adjacent to the elongated left styloid process (dashed arrow). Nonopacification of the stent consistent with thrombus. The elongated styloid process measured approximately 8 cm.
TECHNIQUE: Axial image from CTA of the head and neck, slice thickness 0.75mm, 120 kVp, 531 mAs, 512×512 matrix, FOV 20.6 cm, with 75mL intravenous ioversal (Optiray 320).