title: TIAs in a spontaneously dissecting aneurysm of the internal carotid artery--a case report.
abstract: A spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection of an aneurysmal form is reported. The patient, a fifty-eight-year-old man, had manifested recurrent transient left hemiparesis, dysesthesia of the left upper limb, and dysarthria for three months. After administration of ticlopidine, the transient ischemic attacks completely disappeared. Three months later, the follow-up angiographic study revealed the same form of dissection in the same portion as compared with the initial study. Conservative therapy was successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Toride Kyodo General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiigai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuruoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukagoshi
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography