Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome With Involvement of External Carotid Artery Branches

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Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome With Involvement of External Carotid Artery Branches. / Shaik, S.; Chhetri, S. K.; Roberts, G. et al.
In: The Neurohospitalist, Vol. 4, No. 3, 01.07.2014, p. 141-143.

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Shaik, S, Chhetri, SK, Roberts, G, Wuppalapati, S & Emsley, HCA 2014, 'Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome With Involvement of External Carotid Artery Branches', The Neurohospitalist, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 141-143. https://doi.org/10.1177/1941874413518639

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Shaik, S., Chhetri, S. K., Roberts, G., Wuppalapati, S., & Emsley, H. C. A. (2014). Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome With Involvement of External Carotid Artery Branches. The Neurohospitalist, 4(3), 141-143. https://doi.org/10.1177/1941874413518639

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Shaik S, Chhetri SK, Roberts G, Wuppalapati S, Emsley HCA. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome With Involvement of External Carotid Artery Branches. The Neurohospitalist. 2014 Jul 1;4(3):141-143. Epub 2014 Jan 7. doi: 10.1177/1941874413518639

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Shaik, S. ; Chhetri, S. K. ; Roberts, G. et al. / Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome With Involvement of External Carotid Artery Branches. In: The Neurohospitalist. 2014 ; Vol. 4, No. 3. pp. 141-143.

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abstract = "A 44-year-old woman presented with recurrent episodes of thunderclap headache. Neurological examination and computed tomography brain imaging were unremarkable. Cerebrospinal fluid findings were consistent with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Computed tomography angiography of the circle of Willis showed multiple areas of segmental vasoconstriction. This finding was confirmed on cerebral catheter angiography, with segmental vasoconstriction involving bilateral internal carotid, posterior cerebral, and external carotid branches. No aneurysm or other vascular abnormality was identified. She received treatment with nimodipine. A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, started 4 weeks earlier, was discontinued. Follow-up angiography after 3 months demonstrated complete resolution of the segmental vasoconstriction, confirming the diagnosis of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS). She remained headache free at follow-up. To our knowledge, external carotid artery branch involvement in RCVS has been described only in one previous occasion.",

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