Dysgeusia and painful Horner's syndrome from an internal carotid artery dissection: radiological-anatomical correlation

2002 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 562-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tariq Bhatti ◽  
Ilona Schmalfuss
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Jose Enrique Alonso Formento ◽  
Jose Luis Fernández Reyes ◽  
Blanca Mar Envid Lázaro ◽  
Teresa Fernández Letamendi ◽  
Ryth Yeste Martín ◽  
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Internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) is a rare entity that either results from traumatic injury or can be spontaneously preceded or not by a minor trauma such as sporting activities. It represents a major cause of stroke in young patients. The diagnosis should be suspected with the combination of Horner’s syndrome, headache or neck pain, and retinal or cerebral ischaemia. The confirmation is frequently made with a magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). Although anticoagulation with heparin followed by vitamin-K-antagonists is the most common treatment, there is no difference in efficacy of antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs at preventing stroke and death in patients with symptomatic carotid dissection. We describe a patient with ICAD following deep sea scuba diving, who presented with Horner’s syndrome and neck pain and was successfully treated with anticoagulants.


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Conor O'Toole ◽  
Seamus Murphy ◽  
Michael McCormick ◽  
Gavin Briggs

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T.P. Melo

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Author(s):  
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Francine H. Einstein ◽  
Scarlett Karakash ◽  
Todd S. Miller

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