Causes of misinterpretation of cross-sectional imaging studies for dissection of the craniocervical arteries

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Provenzale, James M ^a,b   Sarikaya, Basar ^c   Hacein Bey, Lotfi ^d   Wintermark, Max ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid; CT angiography; Dissection; False negative; False positive; MR angiography; MRI; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTIFACT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 78650833193     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5384     Document Type: Review

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