Abstract Introduction Carotid artery dissection is a common cause of stroke in the young. It has been related to association carotid with fixed neighbouring anatomical structures. This study assesses between styloid process length, internal position and cervical (CCAD). information would provide potential predicative radiological measurements, which could prevent delays CCAD diagnosis. Method R...

BACKGROUND The value of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of patients with aortic dissection was studied. METHODS AND RESULTS Group 1 (34 patients) represented all patients studied at our institution with this technique in whom aortic dissection was proven by aortography, surgery, or autopsy. Group 2 (27 patients) represented all patients studied with this technique at our in...

OBJECTIVE To update the guidelines for neck dissection terminology, as previously recommended by the American Head and Neck Society. PARTICIPANTS Committee for Neck Dissection Classification, American Head and Neck Society; representation from the Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (T.A.D.). EVIDENCE Review of current l...

Acute aortic dissection may indeed be a rare complication of pregnancy, and the majority of aortic dissections usually occur during the third trimester of pregnancy. Most aortic dissections occur as a result of systemic hypertension or connective tissue disorders. Without any treatment, more than 50% of patients die within the initial 48 hours, and the 3-month mortality rate is as high as 90%. ...

Miss M.S., Orange County General Hospital. This 15 year old Mexican female was admitted to the hospital March 21, 1949, with symptoms of weakness, easy fatigue, and feeling feverish. There was weight loss of 10 pounds over the previous two months and history of close contact with active tuberculosis in the preceding two years. Physical examination was not remarkable; there were slightly increas...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. We report coronary artery dissection in a 36-year-old woman with retrosternal chest pain 2 weeks after abortion. Electrocardiography showed ST elevation in leads V2-V4 and ST depression in the inferior leads. Lab data were normal. Cardiac catheterization showed a suspicious thrombotic les...

A 46-year-old man with a previous history of smoking (20 cig./day) was referred because of recurrent episodes of sudden high periumbilical abdominal pain. Upon examination, pain in the periumbilical region was found without peritoneal irritation sings. Blood pressure raised to 180/71 mm Hg. Hemogram, biochemistry, and venous blood gas analysis were strictly normal. On abdominal angio-TC (Fig. 1...

Subacutely progressed tensive aortic dissection complicated with catheter-induced dissection in left main coronary artery. We read with great interest the report by Yazici et al [1]. The authors presented a case of a 66-year-old patient with bilateral anterior chest wall ecchymosis suffering from a subacute type A aortic dissection. The patient was successfully managed, and the postoperative co...

A patient with strong clinical and radiological indications of dissection involving the ascending aorta had this "confirmed" on an echocardiogram which showed a typical pattern of double lumen. At necropsy there was dissection of the abdominal aorta but the heavily calcified thoracic aorta was free of dissection. Echocardiography may be useful but not entirely reliable in the diagnosis of disse...