title: Surgical treatment of localized dissection of the internal carotid artery.
abstract: Dissection of the internal carotid artery is very rare; however, it is diagnosed more frequently with increasing radiographic diagnostic tools. Patients may be completely asymptomatic or may present with symptoms ranging between localized pain to severe cerebral ischemic events. Treatment is usually medical or with interventional radiographic tools. In this report, we present surgical management of internal carotid artery dissection in a 61-year-old female patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Didem M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Oztas
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: muratugurlucan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugurlucan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omer A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Sayin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barburoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sencer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Alpagut
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dayioglu
mesh_terms: D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial