Hemifacial sweating after carotid artery dissection

Hemifacial sweating after carotid artery dissection.

Internal carotid artery dissection after childbirth.

A 44-year-old woman developed a left cerebral infarction secondary to internal carotid artery dissection 6 days after childbirth. A cesarean section had been carried out after 14 hours of strenuous unsuccessful labor. Although in the past some authors have implicated oral contraceptives as a cause for carotid dissection, carotid dissection associated with childbirth has not been previously desc...

Spontaneous carotid artery dissection.

Carotid and Vertebral Artery Dissection

Internal carotid artery dissection after tonsillectomy in an adult woman.

Glasgow Coma Scale score was E3 V1 M6, the blood pressure 130/70 mm Hg, the pulse 80/min, and she was apyretic. The NIH Stroke Scale score was 25. Throat examination revealed a mild inflammation with swelling of the peritonsillar area. Blood examinations were normal. Brain MRI with diffusion-weighted images demonstrated a large cerebral infarction in the left middle cerebral artery territory, M...