Spontaneous cervicocephalic arterial dissection with headache and neck pain as the only symptom
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Pain as the only symptom of cervical artery dissection.
BACKGROUND Headache or neck pain is a frequent symptom of spontaneous cervical artery dissection (sCAD). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients were drawn from an ongoing hospital-based registry of consecutive cases diagnosed with sCAD. Only patients with isolated pain were included in this series. Pain topography, dynamics, severity and quality, imaging findings and outcome were analysed. RESULTS 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Headache and Pain
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1129-2369,1129-2377
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-012-0420-2