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Vertebral Artery Dissection in Turner's Syndrome: Diagnosis by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Author(s) -
Muscat Paul,
Lidov Mika,
Nahar Tammana,
Tuhrim Stanley,
Weinberger Jesse
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00010.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebral artery dissection , magnetic resonance imaging , dissection (medical) , cervical artery , radiology , vertebral artery , magnetic resonance angiography , turner syndrome , infarction , spinal cord , surgery , cardiology , myocardial infarction , psychiatry
Aortic artery dissection is a rare but well‐recognized complication of Turner's syndrome. Isolated carotid or vertebral artery dissection has not previously been reported. The authors report the clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 30‐year‐old woman with Turner's syndrome who developed a high cervical spinal cord infarction with a Brown‐Sequard syndrome owing to bilateral vertebral artery dissection. The diagnosis and management of the case is reviewed.