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Mra scan showed right vertebral artery much smaller than left. is this a problem? i get a lot of migraines and pain in right carotid and vertebral art

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Not at all: Not unusual to have asymmetric size of vertebral arteries, and this is merely an anatomic variant, having NOTHING TO DO with your migraines.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 6/11/2017

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