A 43 year-old woman noted a "popping" sensation in the right neck while on the toilet. Thirty minutes later, she developed an acute left hemiplegia. Carotid Artery Dissection: Fat suppression axial ...

Arterial dissections involving arteries in the neck and head are being identified increasingly readily because of growing awareness of their clinical features, along with advances in imaging ...

Various conditions can lead to carotid artery neck pain. For instance, some people experience carotidynia, which is inflammation of the blood vessels. Carotid artery dissection can also cause pain in ...

Spontaneous dissections have been described in arteries throughout the body. The extracranial segments of the carotid and vertebral arteries are much more likely to undergo dissection than either ...