ArticleCureus2024
Spontaneous Bilateral Vertebral Artery Dissection as a Rare Cause of Posterior Circulation Stroke in a Young Patient.
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- Vertebral Artery Dissection Following High Velocity Low Amplitude Cervical Manipulation: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Vertebral Artery Dissection Presenting as a Migrainous Visual Aura after Sexual Activity: A Case Report.Case reports in ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
In young patients, ischemic stroke is an uncommon result of vertebral artery dissection (VAD). Damage to the vertebrae can occur suddenly or as a result of trauma. There are no generally recognized recommendations for diagnosis and treatment, and the majority of vague symptoms and delayed presentation provide a significant diagnostic problem. While medical management with anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy is advised, no successful dual therapy has been documented. Although traumatic dissection is a more frequent cause of posterior cerebral circulation stroke in people under 45 years of age than spontaneous dissection, spontaneous VAD is well-reported and usually treated with anticoagulation. VAD can result in fatal complications such as basilar area infarction, even though it is often asymptomatic. Here is a case of a 37-year-old male who presented with a posterior circulation stroke after bilateral VAD with no evidence of trauma to the neck and no detectable cause suggesting spontaneous etiology.
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