Simultaneous Permanent Visual Loss and Stroke Due to Carotid Artery Dissection | 2001, Volume 7 - Issue 2

İbrahim AYDOĞDU, Ayşın KISABAY, Nilgün ARAÇ

Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı

Keywords: dissection, karotid artery, ocular ischemia, retinal artery, ischemic optic neuropathy

Abstract

The typical clinical features of carotid artery dissection are transient or permanent cerebral ischemic defıcits assosiated with pain in the ipsilateral head and face. Permanent visual loss due to dissection is rare. in this article, a 30 year old patient with simultaneous permanent visual loss and hemiparesis due to right internal karotid arter dissection is presented.