Internal carotid artery dissection after childbirth.

Internal carotid artery dissection following rigid esophagoscopy.

A case of internal carotid artery dissection that developed after rigid esophagoscopy is described. The diagnosis was suggested by the clinical presentation and confirmed by the findings of radiological examinations. Internal carotid artery dissection is a rare condition of controversial etiology. Most frequently, the cause is unknown and the condition is termed idiopathic. A few cases have occ...

Noninvasive monitoring of internal carotid artery dissection.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Internal carotid artery dissection has increasingly been reported as a cause of transient ischemic attack or stroke. However, scarce data exist on the natural history of the arterial lesions and the temporal profile of recanalization. METHODS We followed 48 patients with 50 angiographically confirmed internal carotid artery dissections by sequential duplex Doppler studi...

Horner syndrome secondary to internal carotid artery dissection after a short-distance endurance run: A case study and review

Facial diplegia complicating a bilateral internal carotid artery dissection.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We report a case of facial diplegia complicating a bilateral internal carotid artery dissection. CASE DESCRIPTION A 49-year-old patient presented with unilateral headache and oculosympathetic paresis. Cerebral angiography revealed a bilateral internal carotid artery dissection. A few days later, the patient developed a facial diplegia that regressed after arterial recan...

Traumatic internal carotid artery dissection presenting as delayed hemilingual paresis.

A case of internal carotid artery dissection presenting as delayed right hemilingual paresis after blunt craniocervical trauma is presented. Diagnosis is discussed with emphasis on MR and MR angiographic findings. Mechanisms of injury and lower cranial nerve palsy are also briefly discussed.