[Ehlers Danlos type IV syndrome presenting with simultaneous dissection of both internal carotid and both vertebral arteries].
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.
Mondon
K
K
Service de Neurologie, CHRU de Tours, France. karl.mondon@wanadoo.fr
de Toffol
B
B
Georgesco
G
G
Cassarini
J-F
JF
Machet
M-C
MC
Cottier
J-P
JP
Arbeille
B
B
Autret
A
A
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