title: Pearls and oy-sters: carotid dissection with normal arterial lumen.
abstract: Clinical presentation of carotid artery dissection (CAD) is variable, including acute or subacute headache, cervical pain, or focal neurologic deficit that occurs spontaneously, after a high-speed neck manipulation, or trauma. Isolated lower cranial nerve palsy in carotid dissection is uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Stroke Program, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Jitphapa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pongmoragot
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bharatha
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saposnik
mesh_terms: D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular; D006801:Humans; D020437:Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged