Spontaneous cervical internal carotid artery vasospasm: Case report and literature review

We report a case of recurrent TIA caused by alternating cervical ICA spasms. We also performed a MEDLINE search of previous publications in English from 1950 to August 2013. The search was performed with both text word searching and the appropriate MeSH headings of "carotid vasospasm" and "stroke," "cerebrovascular accident," "TIA," or "brain attack." The bibliographies of each of the retrieved articles with similar cases were all reviewed and relevant citations in these listings were evaluated for inclusion in the review.
Source: Nature Clinical Practice - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Magnetic Source Imaging (MSI), Other cerebrovascular disease/ Stroke, Carotid artery dissection Cases Source Type: research