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Headaches Due to Spontaneous Internal Carotid Artery Dissection Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation and Follow Up
Author(s) -
Cox Linda K.,
Bertorini Tulio,
Laster Robert E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1991.hed3101012.x
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , internal carotid artery , radiology , headaches , magnetic resonance angiography , dissection (medical) , angiography , carotid artery dissection , surgery
SYNOPSIS Spontaneous internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection is not an infrequent cause of headache and acute neurologic deficits in the younger population. Angiography has been the imaging modality of choice for both diagnosis and follow‐up. The use of magnetic resonance imaging, (MRI), in conjunction with angiography, is described in three patients shown to have ICA dissection. Our clinical findings suggest that MRI may provide a less expensive, non‐invasive, diagnostic and particularly a follow up modality in patients with headache and signs suggestive of ICA dissection.