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Internal carotid artery dissection.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10660144     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The purpose of this review is to increase the awareness of internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD), a potentially serious and probably underdiagnosed condition. ICAD is a not uncommon cause of stroke in young patients. ICAD may occur spontaneously or as a result of trauma. However, the "spontaneous" dissection is often preceded by a trivial trauma. The typical patient presents with ipsilateral headache or neck pain, ipsilateral Horner's syndrome and delayed ischemic symptoms from the ipsilateral hemisphere or retina. Conventional angiography, the gold standard for diagnosis, tends to be replaced by non-invasive diagnostic methods. There are no evidence-based guidelines for therapy although anticoagulation is most commonly used. The references are selected from the Medline database for the years 1966-1997.
Authors:
M Zetterling; C Carlström; P Konrad
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta neurologica Scandinavica     Volume:  101     ISSN:  0001-6314     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Neurol. Scand.     Publication Date:  2000 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-02-29     Completed Date:  2000-02-29     Revised Date:  2006-08-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370336     Medline TA:  Acta Neurol Scand     Country:  DENMARK    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Dept of Neurology, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis,  therapy
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / diagnosis*,  etiology,  therapy
Cerebral Angiography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Prognosis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anticoagulants

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