Apathetic syndrome from carotid dissection: a dangerous condition
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Spontaneous carotid artery dissection in a patient with Turner syndrome.
noid hemorrhage (SAH). A neck CT angiography (CTA) showed marked narrowing of the right ICA distal to the bulb, with irregular and tapered appearance ( fig. 1 a, b) suggesting ICA dissection. Intracranial extension of the dissection was suspected due to the presence of SAH. A transesophageal echocardiogram revealed a dilated ascending aorta and no evidence of aortic dissection. The remainder of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009686