Key result
Case report highlights life-threatening spontaneous vertebral artery dissection in a healthy 26-year-old female.
Why the study?
Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection is an extremely rare and life-threatening event with limited clinical descriptions in healthy young patients.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the presentation and clinical course of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection, a rare but life-threatening cause of ischemic stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage, in a young healthy patient.
Alerts clinicians to consider vertebral artery dissection in young adults with acute neurologic symptoms; case reports leave etiology and management questions open.
Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection (SVAD) is an extremely rare, yet life-threatening, event that can potentially result in ischemic stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage, depending on the origin and extension of the dissection. Vertebral artery dissection is more commonly associated with traumatic injury to the neck, resulting in compromised structural integrity of the vertebral artery wall. This case study discusses the clinical presentation, physical examination, diagnosis, clinical course, and outcome for a young, otherwise healthy, female patient who presented to the emergency department with a SVAD.
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Valerie J. Reap (2018) conducted a case report in Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection (n=1). Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection was evaluated. A 26-year-old healthy female presented to the emergency department with spontaneous vertebral artery dissection, a rare but life-threatening event.
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