A 24 year-old woman presented with right neck pain and a right Horner's syndrome after a minor motor vehicle accident. Otherwise her neurological examination was normal. Carotid Artery Dissection: Fat ...

An Indiana mother who mysteriously died on her flight home from the Dominican Republic suffered a carotid artery tear, her family has revealed. Stefanie Smith, 41, was killed in a 'truly a tragic ...

I thank Furlan and Sundaram1 for their interesting case report on a patient who experienced a carotid artery dissection and subsequent Horner syndrome from coughing. I would like to remind clinicians ...

Irvine, CA - Methamphetamine use may be linked to increased risk of carotid artery dissection and stroke, according to an article published in the December 26, 2006 issue of Neurology [1]. "It appears ...

A 61-year-old right-handed man presented with a two-day history of a new headache that had developed gradually several hours after he dived into a lake. The headache, which encompassed the entire left ...

Cervical artery dissections are defined by the presence of a mural hematoma in the arterial wall. Most occur in the internal carotid artery more than 2 cm after the bifurcation, although they can also ...

Ignoring 'this symptom' could lead to a stroke! Warning signals from carotid artery dissection. Stroke, a medical emergency in which brain function is damaged due to blockage or rupture of a cerebral ...

In December 2021, a previously healthy 50-year-old woman with no history of hypertension and smoking was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of acute ischemic stroke that had started 6 hours ...

A recent incident involving an American yoga and fitness model shows that even young, healthy, active people can suffer strokes, challenging the conventional wisdom that strokes are exclusively caused ...

A 47 year-old man developed the abrupt onset of a left hemiparesis. Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the carotid bifurcation; (Middle) Right Carotid Angiogram ...