A Case of Juvenile Stroke due to Carotid Artery Dissection from an Elongated Styloid Process —Revisiting Conservative Management

Carotid artery dissection is a significant etiology of juvenile stroke. Blunt trauma from an elongated styloid process can rarely cause carotid artery dissection, which is one of well-known clinical presentations of Eagle's syndrome as known as stylocarotid syndrome. Growing number of publications contributed improved awareness and diagnostic modalities for this clinical entity, thus the carotid artery dissection from an elongated styloid process is often diagnosed appropriately. The management of carotid artery dissection in stylocarotid syndrome tends to be nonconservative (ie, removal of the process or carotid stenting) presumably due to a publication bias prone to surgical intervention.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 1, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Takafumi Shindo, Masaki Ito, Juntaro Matsumoto, Koichi Miki, Fumiaki Fujihara, Shunsuke Terasaka, Toyohiko Isu, Masanori Isobe Tags: Case Report Source Type: research