Vertebral Artery Dissection.

Ginoza, Lori; Lerner, Alexander; Sigman, Erica · J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · 2020

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 40-year-old woman was referred to physical therapy with complaints of headaches. Examination raised suspicion of a "thunderclap headache," a condition characterized by sudden, intense headaches correlated with bleeding in and around the brain. The patient was referred to a neurologist, who ordered magnetic resonance angiography of the head and neck, which identified a partial dissection of the right vertebral artery. A subsequent computed tomography angiogram confirmed the dissection. <i>J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(6):344. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.8858</i>.

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