[Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery]

Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1991 Jan 30;111(3):330-2.
[Article in Norwegian]

Abstract

Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery is supposed to be a rare condition, but seems to be increasingly diagnosed. The symptoms are protean from unilateral headache, Horners syndrome, tinnitus, to cerebral ischemia and hemipareses. The condition is of unknown incidence and usually affects previously healthy persons. It is nearly always unilateral. The diagnosis is ascertained by characteristic angiographical findings. The prognosis depends on the exhibited symptoms. Three patients seen during the last year at the Department of Neurology at the National Hospital (Rikshospitalet) are presented, together with a brief survey of symptomatology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Dissection / drug therapy
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / drug therapy
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / drug effects
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Radiography