Anterior Circulation Acute Ischemic Stroke Associated with Atherosclerotic Lesions of the Cervical ICA: A Nosologic Entity Apart.

Omer Faruk Eker Pietro Panni Cyril Dargazanli Gaultier Marnat Caroline Arquizan Paolo Machi Isabelle Mourand Gregory Gascou Emmanuelle Le Bars Vincent Costalat Alain Bonafe

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)

Our study suggests that atherothrombotic tandem occlusions represent a peculiar and different nosologic entity compared with dissection-related tandem occlusions. This challenging cause of acute ischemic stroke should be differentiated from other etiologies in patient management in future prospective studies.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
case report
current status
case control
endovascular treatment