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Spontaneous dissection of the extracranial vertebral arteries.

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Population

5 patients with presumed spontaneous vertebral artery dissection, mean age 35.2 years, 2 men, 3 women. None…

Design

Case_series

Authors

LCLouis R. CaplanUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock CZChristopher K. ZarinsStanford Medicine MHMohammad HemmatiUniversity of Naples Federico II

Discussion

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Implication

May aid recognition of vertebral artery dissection in medullary syndromes; leaves open natural history and management questions.

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Population

5 patients with presumed spontaneous vertebral artery dissection (one pathologically confirmed), mean age 35.2 years (range 27-41), 2 men, 3 women. None had hypertension, vascular disease, or trauma.

Outcome

Clinical and radiologic findings

Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection is a rare but recognizable syndrome characterized by prominent headache or neck pain followed by medullary signs, with angiographic evidence of stenosis that can heal over time.

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Caplan et al. (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87bd21f455bdf6826c8374 https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.16.6.1030

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Spontaneous dissection of the extracranial vertebral arteries.

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Structured PICO

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Spontaneous dissection of the extracranial vertebral arteries.

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Implication

Structured PICO

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