Internal carotid artery obstruction derived from persistent arterial wall dissection associated with old trivial trauma: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 395-397

  Akiyama, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Tanaka, Masahito ^a   Hayashi, Junya ^a   Fujimoto, Motoaki ^a   Harada, Kei ^a   Nakahara, Ichiro ^a   Taniwaki, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery dissection; Headache; Monocular blindness; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECANALIZATION; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL DISORDER;

BLINDNESS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CELL WALL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 33748090603     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.395     Document Type: Article

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