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Magnetic resonance imaging was used to initially diagnose a single case of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection, which was subsequently confirmed by angiography.
Highlights the utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the initial diagnosis of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection.
MRI may support initial diagnosis of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection; leaves open need for validation before clinical adoption.
Spontaneous (nontraumatic) dissection of the carotid and vertebral arteries, once thought to be rare, is being recognized and reported more frequently. We report one case of spontaneous dissection of the vertebral artery initially diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and subsequently confirmed by angiography.
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Chen et al. (1989) studied this question. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to initially diagnose a single case of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection, which was subsequently confirmed by angiography.
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