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Figure 1. (a) Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography frontal maximum intensity projection view showing focal dilatations at the common carotid artery bifurcations bilaterally (arrows) suggestive of pseudoaneurysms; (b) coronal and (c) axial magnetic resonance direct thrombus imaging images show eccentric high signal at the site of the suspected pseudoaneurysms representing intraplaque haemorrhage; (d) surgical specimen from the right carotid artery opened to demonstrate intraplaque thrombus. VB, vertebral body.