Thursday 24 May 2012

Internal carotid artery dissection signs & symptoms

The most typical signs and symptoms of internal carotid artery dissection are neck pain and/or a partial Horner syndrome. This may be followed by an ischemic event ipsilateral to the ocular signs, with somatosensory and/or motor deficits contralateral to ocular signs as a consequence of distal embolization to the intracerebral arteries.

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