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Angiogram of the Head and Neck - Results
About this test
Angiogram of the head and neck is an X-ray test that uses a special dye and camera (fluoroscopy) to take pictures of the blood flow in the blood vessels of the head and neck. Your doctor may tell you some results right after the test. Full results are usually ready the same day.
Normal: | The blood vessels are normal in size, shape, location, and number. |
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The dye flows evenly through the blood vessels. | |
No narrowing, blockage, bulging, or other problem of the blood vessels is seen. | |
Abnormal: | A narrow spot in an artery may mean that a fat deposit, calcium deposit, or clot is reducing blood flow through the blood vessel. |
Blood vessels that are not in their normal position may mean that a tumor or other growth is pushing against them. | |
A bulge in a blood vessel may point to a weakness in the blood vessel wall (aneurysm). | |
An abnormal pattern of blood vessels may mean that a tumor is present. | |
Dye that leaks out of a blood vessel may mean that there is a hole in the blood vessel. | |
There is abnormal branching of blood vessels present since birth (congenital). |
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: December 5, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Howard Schaff, MD - Diagnostic Radiology | |
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