title: [Ehlers Danlos type IV syndrome presenting with simultaneous dissection of both internal carotid and both vertebral arteries].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dissection of cervical arteries is a frequent cause of stroke in young subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 34-year-old patient who experienced simultaneous dissection of both internal carotid arteries and both vertebral arteries leading to repeated motor deficit of the right half-body associated with persistent otalgia. Search for an etiology led to the diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Search for the cause of cervical artery dissection must consider connective tIssue disease, particularly vascular forms of Ehler-Danlos syndrome. Diagnostic, therapeutic as well as prognostic aspects are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, CHRU de Tours, France. karl.mondon@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mondon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Toffol
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Georgesco
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cassarini
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Machet
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cottier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arbeille
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Autret
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014711:Vertebral Artery