Pathology of Spontaneous Dissection of Intracranial Arteries
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Spontaneous intracranial carotid artery dissection.
A previously healthy 46-year-old woman had the abrupt onset of aphasia and right hemiplegia from a large left-hemisphere infarct. At postmortem examination the cause of the infarct was dissection and occlusion of the intracranial carotid artery. No preexisting abnormality was found to account for the dissection. This uncommon cause of stroke and its pathogenesis are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100026901