Vertebral artery dissection: not a rare cause of stroke in the young

Udayaraj Umasankar; Timothy J Carroll; Adeyosola Famuboni; Mehool D Patel; Ian D Starke

doi:10.1093/ageing/afn004

Vertebral artery dissection: not a rare cause of stroke in the young

Age Ageing. 2008 May;37(3):345-6. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afn004. Epub 2008 Feb 27.

Authors

Udayaraj Umasankar¹, Timothy J Carroll, Adeyosola Famuboni, Mehool D Patel, Ian D Starke

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine for Elderly, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham SE13 6LH, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 18308696
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn004

Abstract

We hereby describe a 42-year-old lady who developed vertebral artery dissection following a head injury. The clinical features and management of the condition are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Amlodipine / therapeutic use
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Aspirin / therapeutic use
Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
Female
Hemianopsia / etiology
Humans
Hypertension / complications
Hypertension / drug therapy
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Stroke / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vertebral Artery Dissection / complications*
Vertebral Artery Dissection / diagnosis
Vertebral Artery Dissection / drug therapy
Vertebral Artery Dissection / etiology*
Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anticoagulants
Antihypertensive Agents
Amlodipine
Warfarin
Aspirin