title: Spontaneous subclavian artery dissection: a pain in the neck diagnosis.
abstract: Isolated subclavian artery dissection is a very rare condition in the absence of trauma or procedures. A 36-year-old woman with a history significant for uncontrolled hypertension presented with a sudden onset of left shoulder and neck pain that woke the patient from sleep. A CT angiogram of the chest revealed a left subclavian artery dissection. The patient was admitted to the hospital for blood pressure control.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Paul Ellis
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Marik
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mclaughlin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed