Open AccessCephalea, Horner's syndrome and cerebral ischemia: pathognomonic triad
Author(s) -
Fulvio Pomero,
Luca Dutto,
Christian Bracco,
Paola Cena,
Remo Melchio,
Luigi Fenoglio
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2007.3.21
Subject(s) - medicine , pathognomonic , ischemia , stroke (engine) , dissection (medical) , cardiology , cerebral blood flow , surgery , disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Dissection of cerebral vessels represents an important cause of stroke in young patients without cardiovascular risk factors. Clinical feature of this pathology is quite peculiar and is described as combination of cephalea, Horner’s syndrome and cerebral ischemia. Clinical suspicion and fast access to ecocolordoppler are the only ways to save vessels’ patency and to restore cerebral blood flow