extracranial
adjective
ex·tra·cra·ni·al
ˌek-strə-ˈkrā-nē-əl 
: situated or occurring outside the cranium
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The 257 patients who completed the study all had asymptomatic extracranial high-grade internal carotid artery stenosis — in other words, their carotid arteries were blocked with plaque.
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extracranial
adjective
ex·tra·cra·ni·al
-ˈkrā-nē-əl
: situated or occurring outside the cranium
extracranial arterial occlusion
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