[Carotid artery dissection with Horner syndrome as main manifestation: a case report]

Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2015 Mar;44(2):229-32. doi: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-9292.2015.03.018.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

A 44-year old male patient was admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine with left ptosis and pain on the left head and neck for 20 days.Brain MRI showed subacute cerebral infarction on left parietal lobe and intramural hematoma on left internal carotid artery. CT angiography showed stenosis line on the C1 segment of left internal carotid artery. Digital subtraction angiography showed dissection on the C1 segment of left internal carotid artery.The condition of patients was improved after anticoagulant therapy.

一例44岁患者因“左侧眼睑下垂伴左侧头部及颈部疼痛20天”入院,颅脑核磁共振成像示左侧顶叶亚急性脑梗死,左侧颈内动脉壁间血肿,颈部血管计算机断层扫描血管造影示左侧颈内动脉C 1段颈段线状狭窄,全脑血管造影术示左侧颈内动脉C 1段夹层。经抗凝等治疗后病情好转。

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / pathology
  • Horner Syndrome / complications
  • Horner Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male