INTERNAL CAROTID-ARTERY DISSECTION ASSOCIATED WITH SCUBA DIVING

Authors
NELSON EE
Citation
Ee. Nelson, INTERNAL CAROTID-ARTERY DISSECTION ASSOCIATED WITH SCUBA DIVING, Annals of emergency medicine, 25(1), 1995, pp. 103-106
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
103 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1995)25:1<103:ICDAWS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A 52-year-old man presented to the emergency department with dysphasia and a headache after scuba diving. He was treated initially for decom pression sickness. Subsequent workup revealed bilateral internal carot id artery dissection. The risk factors, presenting symptoms, diagnosis , and treatment of internal carotid artery dissection are reviewed. Th e importance of considering unusual causes of neurologic deficits afte r scuba diving is emphasized.