Erschienen in:
01.02.2007 | LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Dissection of the internal carotid artery mimicking episodic cluster headache
verfasst von:
Dr. Matrin Hardmeier, MD, Prof. Claudio Gobbi, Prof. Carlos Buitrago, MD, Prof. Andreas Steck, Prof. Philippe Lyrer, Stefan Engelter, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of Neurology
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Ausgabe 2/2007
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Excerpt
Sirs: Internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) is one of the most frequent causes of stroke in young patients [
1,
2]. Diagnosis may be delayed by misinterpreting local signs of dissection. Typical features of cluster headache (CH) have rarely been reported as presenting symptoms of ICAD [
3‐
7]. Our case shows that subtle clinical features may point to symptomatic forms of CH, and therefore both history taking and clinical examination must be particularly accurate. …