[Vertebral arteries dissection as a rare cause of central nervous system ischemia]

However rare, dissection of extracranial cerebral arteries is one of the most often causes of ischemic stroke in young people. Early diagnosis and treatment promote artery recanalization that results in total symptom regression. The proper diagnosis is in many cases is difficult. The reason is the variety of causative factors, clinical symptoms and difficulty of direct dissected vertebral arteries visualisation in common Duplex-Doppler examination. In our article we present 3 causes of vertebral arteries dissection. We would like to call your attention to consider this causative factor in differentiation diagnostics of central nervous system ischemia. This complication may occur not only due to a communication accident, but also during playing tennis and bowling.