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Spontaneous dissection of the intrapetrous internal carotid artery
S R Saeed1, A E Hinton, R T Ramsden
1Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
Two cases of cervicocephalic arterial dissection of the intrapetrous carotid artery are described. One patient presented with intolerable objective pulsatile tinnitus, the other with a cerebral infarction. Both were successfully treated with anticoagulants. The significance of minor degrees of trauma and of neck extension in the aetiology of these apparently spontaneous lesions is discussed.