scholarly journals Anterior Choroidal Artery Territory Infarction due to Internal Carotid Artery Dissection Presumably Caused by Scuba Diving

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-300
Author(s):  
Daeun Shin ◽  
Yang-Ha Hwang ◽  
Dong-Hyun Shim

We report a case of anterior choroidal artery territory infarction due to internal carotid artery dissection presumably caused by scuba diving. A 44-year-old man presented with left facial palsy and hemiparesis. He had a history of scuba diving for 18 months. His last dive was 7 days ago, and he skipped decompression practice at that dive. We assumed that repetitive traumas and microbubbles during scuba diving, which made endothelium vulnerable to damage may have caused a carotid dissection.

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 ◽  
...  

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.


2009 ◽  
Vol 256 (11) ◽  
pp. 1916-1919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorsten Bartsch ◽  
Milena Palaschewski ◽  
Barbara Thilo ◽  
Andreas Edmund Koch ◽  
Robert Stingele ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Masahiro Oomura ◽  
Takumi Kitamura ◽  
Kenichi Adachi ◽  
Yusuke Nishikawa ◽  
Mitsuhito Mase

Neurosurgery ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodan V. Marinkovié ◽  
Milan M. Milisavljevié ◽  
Zorica D. Marinkovié

Abstract The perforating branches of the internal carotid artery (ICA) were examined in 30 forebrain hemispheres. These branches were present in all the cases studied, and varied from 1 to 6 in number (mean, 3.1). Their diameters ranged from 70 to 470 Mm (mean, 243 Mm). The perforating branches arose from the choroidal segment of the ICA, that is, from its caudal surface (52.3%), caudolateral surface (34.1%), or caudomedial surface (13.6%). They rarely originated from the bifurcation point of the ICA (10%). The distance of the remaining 90% of the perforators from the summit of the ICA measured between 0.6 and 4.6 mm. The perforating branches most often originated as individual vessels, and less frequently from a common stem with another vessel or by sharing the same origin site with another perforator or with the anterior choroidal artery. The bifurcation of the ICA, which is a frequent site for cerebral aneurysms, is surrounded by many perforating branches. Hence, great care must be taken to avoid damage to these important vessels during operations in that region.


2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Geraldes ◽  
P. Batista ◽  
L.M. Pedro ◽  
A. Fernandes ◽  
T.P. Melo

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