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[Spontaneous dissection of the subclavian artery and its branches]
- Source :
- VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. 34(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- A 51-year-old woman suffering from vertigo presented to our cerebrovascular laboratory. MRI revealed a right-sided cerebellar infarction. On ultrasound examination, we found a dissection with wall hematoma of the right subclavian artery extending to the first segment of the vertebral artery and to the thyrocervical trunc, as well as a dissection of the left vertebral artery in the cranio-cervical junction. On follow-up evaluation, all stenoses resulting from dissection were recanalized within 2 months and findings of wall hematoma disappeared completely within 7 months. There was no evidence of a traumatic or iatrogenic cause of dissection; an aortic dissection was excluded by MRI. So we diagnosed a spontaneous dissection of the subclavian artery--an extremely rare but apparently existing vascular condition.
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 03011526
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........018464dfb921fff0040fb47f4d3511cb