Vertebral artery dissection in Turner's syndrome: Diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging

Aortic artery dissection is a rare but well-recognized complication of Turn er's syndrome. Isolated carotid or vertebral artery dissection has not prev iously been reported. The authors report the clinical and magnetic resonanc e imaging findings in a 30-year-old woman with Turner's syndrome who develo ped a high cervical spinal cord infarction with Brown-Sequard syndrome owin g to bilateral vertebral artery dissection. The diagnosis and management of the case is reviewed.