Isolated intrapetrous carotid canal atraumatic internal carotid artery dissection: MRI and digital subtraction angiography findings

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 462-464

  Robertson, David I ^a   Stuckey, Stephen L ^b  

^a Queensland Diagnostic Imaging   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Internal carotid artery; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WARFARIN;

EID: 0345830659     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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