Extracranial vertebral and carotid dissection occurring in the course of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
The pathogenesis of both intracranial aneurysms and spontaneous cervical artery dissection may be related to an underlying vasculopathy. Seven cases of spontaneous cervical artery dissection in the course of ruptured berry aneurysms are reported here.
Mazighi
Mikaël
M
Department of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
Saint Maurice
Jean-Pierre
JP
Rogopoulos
André
A
Houdart
Emmanuel
E
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015984:Causality; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology