Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3248206 | The Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Vertebral artery dissection is a lesser known but significant cause of stroke in young, healthy people. Given its infrequency of presentation, emergency physicians may not always recognize its common symptoms—vertigo, diplopia, ataxia, and dysarthria—as a stroke. In this case report, we describe a patient with vertebral artery dissection presenting with atypical symptoms and discuss the epidemiology, risk factors, presentation, clinical examination findings, imaging modalities, and treatment of this disease.
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Authors
Sabrina N. Kratz, Kenneth H. Butler,