Horner's syndrome in subadventitial carotid artery dissection and the role of magnetic resonance angiography.

Brown, J; Danielson, R; Donahue, S P; Thompson, H S · Am J Ophthalmol · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 47-year-old man with a postganglionic Horner's syndrome and severe right facial pain was found to have a normal carotid angiogram. We obtained a magnetic resonance angiogram of the neck because of our continued clinical suspicion of dissection. An area of hyperintensity was identified along the lumen of the right internal carotid artery, suggesting a subadventitial dissection. Magnetic resonance angiography is a noninvasive, sensitive technique for identifying some carotid dissections.

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