title: Collet-Sicard syndrome caused by a coiling of the internal carotid artery.
abstract: A Collet-Sicard syndrome was observed in a 53-year-old patient with a coiling of the left internal carotid artery just below the skull base. Although impairment of cranial nerves by tortuous vessel compression has frequently been reported, a combined palsy of the last four cranial nerves related to such a mechanism has never been described before.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Neurologica, II Università degli Studi di Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silvestrini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagliati
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanzione
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonetti
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography