Ischemic Infarctions in Young Men Secondary to Traumatic and Spontaneous Intracranial Arteries Dissection.
- Author:
Dong Kuck LEE
1
;
Jin Kuk DO
;
Kyu Ho KWAK
;
Hee Jong OH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of TaeguHyosung.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Anticoagulants;
Arteries*;
Cerebral Angiography;
Humans;
Infarction*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors;
Stroke;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1998;16(2):160-165
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Arterial dissection begins with spontaneous or traumatic rent of intima, which sometimes allows blood to penetrate the layers of the arterial wall. Dissections of the craniocervical arteries are separated according to whether they are extracranial or intracranial, spontaneous or traumatic. Dissection of intracranial portions of the carotid system is rare, but it may be one of the important causes of ischemic stroke in the young adults. Cerebral angiography, MRI, and Doppler sonography are important diagnostic methods in this case. Initial treatment with anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents are effective in many cases, but sometimes surgical method is recommended. We presented ischemic infarctions in young men secondary to traumatic and spontaneous intracranial arteries dissection
