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Vertebral Artery Dissection after Radiation Therapy: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Raffaele Nardone,

Alessandro Venturi,

Anton Wieser,

Frediano Tezzon,

Fabio Carducci,

Max Windegger,

Konrad Psenner

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 1421-9913

pISSN - 0014-3022

DOI - 10.1159/000097119

Subject(s) - vertebral artery dissection , medicine , radiation therapy , dissection (medical) , vertebral artery , surgery , radiology

CADs are characterized by a low rate of recurrence, and familial occurrence is low. These observations suggest that shortlived trigger mechanisms may play an important role in the pathogenesis of CAD. We report for the first time a case of VAD in a man who received ipsilateral head-and-neck radiation therapy for a cancer of the base of the tongue, to illustrate that CAD should also be included among the radiation-induced vascular diseases.

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