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We herein report the case of a 45-year-old woman who developed a continuous hemicranial headache subsequent to vertebral artery dissection (VAD). After remission of VAD, the patient repeatedly experienced right forehead and temporal region throbbing headache, accompanied by nausea, ocular hyperemia
Vertebral artery dissection(VAD)presenting as isolated occipital headache and/or neck pain is being increasingly diagnosed because of the development of magnetic resonance imaging(MRI). While a majority of the patients diagnosed with this condition shows a favorable prognosis, the pain may be a
Background and purpose It is sometimes difficult to diagnose intracranial vertebral artery dissection in patients with headache as the only symptom. Knowledge of the characteristics of the headache would facilitate the diagnosis. In this study, we aimed to clarify the characteristics of intracranial
Strokes of the posterior circulation are uncommon in childhood. In vertebrobasilar insults, vertebral artery dissection remains a rare diagnosis. We report the case of an 8-year-old boy with a history of migraine headaches who presented with acute cerebellar signs and agitation following multiple
A 51-year-old woman had an attack of severe hemifacial pain with autonomic features as the presenting symptom of a lateral medullary infarction. A bilateral vertebral artery dissection was demonstrated. The existence of secondary cases may lead to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of
BACKGROUND
Vertebral artery dissection is an important cause of stroke in the young and diagnosis is often challenging as symptoms are varied and subtle.
METHODS
A 33-year-old, previously healthy, white male office worker was stretching his neck when he developed sudden left-sided visual loss
OBJECTIVE
Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important and under-recognized etiology of stroke in young patients. No clinical symptoms or signs appear to be specific for VAD. This report describes a representative patient and reviews the headache pattern and imaging findings commonly noted in
OBJECTIVE
Headache may be a warning sign of subsequent stroke in patients with vertebral artery dissection (VAD). Even though the headache characteristics of VAD have been described predominantly in patients with extracranial VAD and neurological complications, headache semiology is not well known
Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) sometimes has no specific symptoms and is difficult to differentiate from other forms of headache.A woman in her thirties had a severe, throbbing left-sided headache. A migraine without aura was suspected and zolmitriptan OBJECTIVE
Sudden onset severe occipital/nuchal pain is believed to be a typical symptom of vertebral artery dissection(VAD). However, recent developments in diagnostic imaging have suggested that VAD is not always associated with such pain. This study aimed to analyze the clinical features of
A 43-year-old woman presented with weakness in her left arm and leg. She had noticed headache persisting for 2 weeks in her right occipital area 6 weeks prior to the onset of the weakness. Cranial diffusion-weighted MR image demonstrated acute infarction in the right medial part of medulla
In young adult, the most common etiology of acute ischemic brain infarction are arterial dissections and cardiogenic embolic stroke. Vertebral artery dissection without preceding trauma history is quite rare in young ischemic stroke patients. Postural headache is even more atypical presentation for
Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection is a rare condition, mainly affecting young adults with non-specific symptoms, which are often considered not severe. We report a case of a non-traumatic vertebral artery dissection in a 30-year-old woman. Our patient presented with unilateral right-sided neck
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this case report is to describe a patient who presented to a chiropractic physician for evaluation and treatment of neck pain and headache.
METHODS
A 45-year-old otherwise healthy female presented for evaluation and treatment of neck pain and headache. Within minutes,
We studied the characteristics of headaches in 161 consecutive symptomatic patients with spontaneous dissections of the internal carotid artery (n = 135) or the vertebral artery (n = 26). For patients with internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD), the mean age was 47 years and for those with