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Vertebral artery dissection in term pregnancy after cervical spine manipulation: a case report and review the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Vertebral artery dissection is an uncommon, but potentially fatal, vascular event. This case aimed to describe the pathogenesis and clinical presentation of vertebral artery dissection in a term pregnant patient.
Francesca Monari, Stefano Busani, Maria Giovanna Imbrogno, Isabella Neri, Massimo Girardis, Annamaria Ghirardini, Francesca Cavalleri, Fabio Facchinetti   +7 more
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Case Report: Vertebral Artery Dissection After Use of Handheld Massage Gun

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Arterial dissection is well known as a potential cause of stroke in young patients. Vertebral artery dissection occurs most commonly in the setting of minor trauma but has been seen in cases of cervical manipulation.
Kathryn Sulkowski, Georgina Grant, Thomas Brodie   +2 more
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A case of multiple Vertebrobasilar artery fenestration misdiagnosed as vertebral artery dissection

BMC Neurology, 2020
Background Fenestration of vertebra-basilar artery is an uncommon congenital vascular anomaly, which is identified by incidental findings on imaging in patients presented without related symptoms or in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage secondary to ...
Feng Wang, Xiaokai Wang, Xiaohua Li, Huifeng Zheng, Zhiyong Zhang   +4 more
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Vertebral artery dissection from etiopathogenesis to management therapy: a narrative review with neuroimaging’s case illustration

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Vertebral artery dissection is one of the causes of stroke and transient ischemic attack in young adults, with an incidence rate of 1.0–1.1 per 100,000 people.
Muhammad Yunus Amran, Irbab Hawari, Fitri Jafani La’biran, Siti Giranti Ardilia Gunadi, Lisa Tenriesa Muslich   +4 more
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Vertebral Artery Dissection [PDF]

BMJ Case Rep
Vertebral artery dissections are a rare pathology that carries a high risk of stroke in a younger population. They may be caused by minor mechanisms and the index of suspicion should be high. Treatment with anticoagulation or antiplatelets should follow if no surgical management is indicated. We describe a case of a female in her 30s who
Tavakoli SG, Britt TB, Agarwal S.
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Vertebral artery dissection associated with familial Mediterranean fever and Behçet's disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2019
Vertebral artery dissection and recurrent meningitis are rare complications in Behçet's disease. Behçet's disease may be associated with familial Mediterranean fever.
Hidehiro Ishikawa, Akihiro Shindo, Yuichiro Ii, Shoko Sakano, Masaru Asahi, Keita Matsuura, Dai Kishida, Maki Umino, Masayuki Maeda, Hidekazu Tomimoto   +9 more
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Postpartum vertebral artery dissection [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2015
We report a case of a right vertebral artery dissection in a 35-year-old woman, 3 weeks post partum, with manifestations of vertebrobasilar disease. She was 3 weeks out from the uneventful delivery of her fourth child, with presentation of acute neurological symptoms, predominantly intractable vertigo.
Amanda, Finley, Brenton, Rogers, Theodore, Richards, Heather, Vogel   +3 more
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Internal trapping for ruptured vertebral artery dissection involving the anterior spinal artery: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Endovascular treatment of ruptured vertebral artery dissections in the acute phase often requires consideration of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery; however, the anterior spinal artery has seldom been discussed.
Daiki Tanabe, MD, Atsushi Fujita, MD, PhD, Satoshi Inoue, MD, PhD, Eiji Kurihara, MD, PhD, Takashi Sasayama, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Spinal cord infarction presenting as Brown-Séquard syndrome from spontaneous vertebral artery dissection: a case report and literature review

BMC Neurology, 2019
Background Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is rarely caused by vertebral artery dissection (VAD), which is an important cause of posterior circulation stroke in young and middle-aged patients. We report the case of a middle-aged patient without obvious risk
Yang-Yang Meng, Le Dou, Chun-Mei Wang, De-Zheng Kong, Ying Wei, Li-Shan Wu, Yi Yang, Hong-Wei Zhou   +7 more
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Vertebral artery dissection

Radiopaedia.org, 2019
Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a rare cause of stroke in the general population; however, represents one of the more common causes of stroke in patients younger than 45 years of age. Its signs and symptoms can be vague, and diagnosis can be elusive.
T. Britt, Shashank Agarwal
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