Liaquat Ali, Khawaja Haroon, Naveed Akhtar, Khalid Zammar, Ahmad Meer, Majd Abualrob, Isra Eltazi, Zeba Noorain, Yahya Baniamer, Randa Yasin
INTRODUCTION: Cervicocephalic arterial dissections (CADs) occur in 3 cases per 100,000 individuals across all ages. Multiple simultaneous CADs are found in 13 to 22% of cases, and three or more dissections occur in approximately 2%. CADs might result from multifactorial intrinsic deficiencies of vessel wall integrity and extrinsic factors, e.g., minor trauma. CASE PRESENTATION: A young gentleman presented to the emergency department with a sudden onset of a spinning sensation of surrounding, left side arm weakness, blurring of vision, and an NIHSS score of 4...
2024: Qatar Medical Journal