Slight manifestation of dissection of carotid arteries case report
Agnieszka Karp-Majewska, Bożena Adamkiewicz, Andrzej Klimek
Affiliation and address for correspondenceAktualn Neurol 2006, 6 (2), p. 131-135
Abstract
Dissection of carotid arteries is seldom recognize as a reason of stroke. It more often appears in young people. The reasons leading to dissection are hypertension, injuries head or neck, neurosurgical or cardiosurgical interventions and illnesses embracing walls of arteries as well. In most cases dissection is a spontaneus process. We present the case of 59-year-old man with dissection of brahiocephalic trunk, right and left subclavian artery, right common carotid artery, aorta and iliac arteries. It is one of the few cases, with so extensive dissection about oligosymptomatic course, described in medical literature.
Keywords
dissection of carotid arteries, young people, stroke, USG-doppler, angio-CT scan
