Central Horner Syndrome with Vertebral Artery Dissection

Clinical import of Horner syndrome in internal carotid and vertebral artery dissection.

OBJECTIVE To study the prognostic importance of Horner syndrome (HS) in patients with internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) or vertebral artery dissection (VAD). METHODS In this observational study, characteristics and outcome of patients with ICAD or VAD from the CADISP (Cervical Artery Dissection and Ischemic Stroke Patients) database were analyzed. The presence of HS was systematically...

[Horner syndrome as a manifestation of carotid artery dissection].

CLINICAL CASE A 42-year-old man presented with ptosis and miosis in his left eye and a history of headache over the last 20 days. An angioresonance showed dissection of internal carotid artery. DISCUSSION "Painful Horner's Syndrome" is considered to be a medical emergency due possible onset of an internal carotid artery dissection. We consider that awareness of neuro-ophthalmologic emergencie...

Intracranial vertebral artery dissection in Wallenberg syndrome.

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of vertebral artery dissection in Wallenberg syndrome. METHODS Sixteen patients (12 men, 4 women; mean age at ictus, 51.6 years) with symptoms of Wallenberg syndrome and an infarction demonstrated in the lateral medulla on MR were reviewed retrospectively. The study items were as follows: (a) headache as clinical signs, in particular, occipitalgia and/or poste...

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection

Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is not uncommon in the young adult population. Owing to the various clinical manifestations; the diagnosis of VAD mainly depends on imaging examinations. Ultrasound has found an increasingly wide utilization in the diagnosis of VAD because of the continuous improvement in the resolution of ultrasonic instruments and accessibility.We retrospectively collected th...

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection.