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  • Title: Vertebral artery dissection presenting as acute cerebrovascular accident.
    Author: Kratz SN, Butler KH.
    Journal: J Emerg Med; 2011 Feb; 40(2):151-7. PubMed ID: 18514471.
    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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