Resolution of Internal Carotid Dissection with Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Pregnancy

Introduction. Cervical artery dissection (CAD) is a common cause of stroke in younger patients. While the incidence of stroke in pregnancy is increasing, CAD remains a rare cause of ischemic stroke in the pregnant population, with only 30 cases described in the literature, most in the postpartum per...

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Main Authors: Nicole Ulrich, Amanda Johnson, Dominique Jodry, Chi Dola, Sheryl Martin-Schild, Ramy El Khoury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/398261