[Intradural vertebral dissection: case report and literature review]
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Journal Des Maladies Vasculaires
|April 11, 2009
Abstract:
Vertebro-basilar dissections represent a rare but severe cause of posterior vascular accident and constitute 3 to 7% of non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Digital angiography is classically the standard method for diagnosing of arterial dissections but CT and MR angiography are recently widely used as non-invasive and accurate ways of diagnosis. We report a case of atypical subarachnoid hemorrhage, with focus on contribution of the different techniques.
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