title: A young pregnant woman with spontaneous carotid artery dissection--unknown mechanisms.
abstract: Spontaneous carotid artery dissection in pregnancy has not been reported before. We present a case of a 31-year-old Caucasian woman who was 11 weeks pregnant and presented with neck pain, headache, vomiting and left side Horner's syndrome. Subsequent investigations with MR angiography confirmed spontaneous left internal carotid artery dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology/Medicine, West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Ishaq
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.affiliation: Stafford Hospital, Stafford, UK.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aaland
authors.affiliation: Stafford Hospital, Stafford, UK.
authors.forename: Nasrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Stafford Hospital, Stafford, UK.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Crossley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography