A Familial Syndrome of Arterial Dissections with Lentiginosis
Open Access
- 2 March 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 332 (9) , 576-579
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199503023320905
Abstract
Arterial dissection occurs when blood enters a vessel wall through an intimal tear and a false lumen of blood is formed within the media.1,2 The artery most commonly affected by dissection is the aorta,1 followed by the renal3,4 and extracranial internal carotid2,5 arteries.Keywords
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