title: Carotid dissection causing occipital lobe infarction.
authors.affiliation: Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. cucchiar@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Brett L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Cucchiara
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kasner
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002941:Circle of Willis / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020769:Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants