title: Carotid artery dissection: a rare complication of Eagle syndrome.
abstract: Carotid artery dissection is a significant cause of ischaemic stroke in all age groups and accounts for a large percentage of strokes in young patients. Carotid dissection can be caused by trauma, underlying connective tissue disease, hypertension, mechanical injury or can be spontaneous. We present an exceedingly rare case of carotid dissection caused by an elongated styloid process, causing direct mechanical damage to the carotid artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rogin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Subedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Stamatis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baronos
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhamoon
mesh_terms: D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities*