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The "double carotid artery" sign: A rare case of spontaneous carotid dissection.

Chrysanthi P PapageorgopoulouKonstantinos M NikolakopoulosSpyros I Papadoulas
Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Carotid artery dissection, which accounts for up to 20% of strokes in young patients, usually extends distally and leads to acute stenosis, occlusion and aneurysmal changes with increased risk for thromboembolic events, especially in young people.
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