An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Brain-supplying arterial dissection is considered one of the most common vascular causes of stroke in younger patients. Dissections are usually preceded by trauma or mechanical stress; the vascular stressor may be trivial as this condition has been described in association with manipulation and stre...
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| description | Brain-supplying arterial dissection is considered one of the most common vascular causes of stroke in younger patients. Dissections are usually preceded by trauma or mechanical stress; the vascular stressor may be trivial as this condition has been described in association with manipulation and stretching the neck. Here we describe a case of vertebral artery dissection and stroke following esophagogastroduodenoscopy. This case highlights a potentially serious complication that may occur after procedures that require hyperextension of the neck. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a12185753eca404cb4c38a52f45db83c2025-02-03T05:45:50ZengWileyStroke Research and Treatment2042-00562010-01-01201010.4061/2010/915484915484An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: EsophagogastroduodenoscopyFernando D. Testai0Philip B. Gorelick1Section of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurological Critical Care, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine at Chicago, University of Illinois, 912 S. Wood Street Room 855N, Chicago, IL 60612, USASection of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurological Critical Care, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, Center for Stroke Research, College of Medicine at Chicago, University of Illinois, 912 S. Wood Street Room 855N, Chicago, IL 60612, USABrain-supplying arterial dissection is considered one of the most common vascular causes of stroke in younger patients. Dissections are usually preceded by trauma or mechanical stress; the vascular stressor may be trivial as this condition has been described in association with manipulation and stretching the neck. Here we describe a case of vertebral artery dissection and stroke following esophagogastroduodenoscopy. This case highlights a potentially serious complication that may occur after procedures that require hyperextension of the neck.http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/915484 |
| spellingShingle | Fernando D. Testai Philip B. Gorelick An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Stroke Research and Treatment |
| title | An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| title_full | An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| title_short | An Unusual Cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| title_sort | unusual cause of vertebral artery dissection esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
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