Spontaneous bilateral internal carotis artery dissection with hypoglossal nerve palsy
β Scribed by E Pakdemirli; D Usal; E.T Tali
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 668 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-6111
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β¦ Synopsis
Spontaneous dissection of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) is increasingly being recognized as a common vascular disease. We report on a 52-year-old-male presented with bilateral extracranial internal artery dissection and twelfth nerve palsy and review the previous literature.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
We report a case of spontaneous dissection of carotid artery presenting with blindness and abducens palsy. The role of computerized tomography (CT) and ultrasound in diagnosis is discussed.
## Abstract Spontaneous bilateral internal carotid artery dissection has frequently been described in the literature as a cause of stroke. In more than half of the patients with internal carotid artery dissection, recanalization occurs early after the event and is unusual later than 6 months after