title: [Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery: description of a case with lower cranial nerve palsy].
abstract: Spontaneous dissection of the extracranial internal carotid artery is a well recognized cause of headache and juvenile stroke; lower cranial nerve palsy as a complication of dissection is rare. We report the case of a female patient with bilateral dissecting aneurysm of the internal carotid artery, associated with unilateral cranial nerve XII palsy and oculosympathetic palsy. Neuroradiological findings, in particular those obtained by Magnetic Resonance imaging, allow the identification of the dissecting pathology and the correlation of the aneurysmal formation with nerve palsy.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze, Universita di Foggia.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Macarini
authors.forename: Pio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zeppa
authors.forename: Eugenio Annibale
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Genovese
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scialpi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raucci
mesh_terms: D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000150:complications*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged