title: Intrapetrous internal carotid artery dissection and essential thrombocythemia: what relationship? A case report.
abstract: Internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection is responsible for 10-20% of strokes in young and middle-aged patients. Isolated ICA dissection involving the intrapetrous carotid canal is particularly rare, and no case has been reported to describe an association between intrapetrous ICA dissection and essential thrombocythemia. We report a case of ischemic stroke in the presence of intrapetrous right ICA dissection and essential thrombocythemia. The diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia was performed by bone marrow biopsy. The essential thrombocythemia may cause endothelial dysfunction and predispose to vascular damage such as carotid artery dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences, and Immunology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences, and Immunology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.|Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL - 33101, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Della-Morte
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences, and Immunology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences, and Immunology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL - 33101, USA.
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rundek
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences, and Immunology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rengo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences, and Immunology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abete