Atraumatic Vertebral Dissection in a Patient With Altered Mental Status.

Tina Kana, Dena Alsurakhi, Ahmed Kawamj, Micheal J Akerman, Nirav Patel

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

Spontaneous Bilateral Vertebral Artery Dissection as a Rare Cause of Posterior Circulation Stroke in a Young Patient.Cureus · 2024
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tina KanaInternal Medicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, USA.

Dena AlsurakhiInternal Medicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, USA.

Ahmed KawamjInternal Medicine, New York Medical College, Passaic, USA.

Micheal J AkermanPulmonary and Critical Care, New York Medical College, Passaic, USA.

Nirav PatelAnesthesiology, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo, USA.

St. Mary's Hospital · USCollege Medical Center · USTouro College · USTouro University California · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most common manifestations of vertebral artery dissection in approximately 80% of patients are headaches or neck pain. We discuss a case of a 34-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and nonspecific symptoms. A CT angiogram with intravenous contrast revealed a dissection of the left vertebral artery, and the patient was found to have thromboembolism in the right occipital lobe with ischemia on MRI. This case demonstrates the importance of maintaining a broad differential diagnosis for patients who present with altered mental status and nonspecific symptoms such as headache and neck pain in order to adequately diagnose a potentially fatal condition.

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altered mental statusatraumatic vertebral dissectionheadacheneck painnonspecific symptoms

Identifiers

PMID37139021

DOI10.7759/cureus.36998

PMCPMC10150575

OpenAlexW4362454406

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