Dissection of the internal carotid artery causing Horner syndrome and palsy of cranial nerve XII

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Kasravi, Neema ^a   Leung, Andrew ^a   Silver, Ian ^a   Burneo, Jorge G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; HEADACHE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; SLURRED SPEECH; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; COMPLICATION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953559425     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091261     Document Type: Article

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