Background: Intracranial artery dissection is a rare and generally under-recognized cause of ischaemic stroke or subarachnoid haemorrhage. Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of cone-beam computed tomography angiography (CBCT-A) to detect arterial ultrastructural alterations in intracranial artery dissection. Method: This is an observational and retrospective case series. Results: Between January 2018 and November 2020, four patients were admitted with an acute ischaemic stroke due to intracranial dissection studied with CBCT-A. In all cases, the CBCT-A documented vascular ultrastructural alterations related with the intracranial dissection. Conclusions: CBCT-A is an intraprocedural diagnostic technique that is useful for the diagnosis of intracranial dissections.
Cone-beam CT angiography to assess the microvascular anatomy of intracranial arterial dissections / Diana, F.; Raz, E.; Biraschi, F.; Romano, D. G.; Toccaceli, G.; Shapiro, M.; Peschillo, S.. - In: THE NEURORADIOLOGY JOURNAL. - ISSN 1971-4009. - (2021), p. 19714009211049089. [10.1177/19714009211049089]
Cone-beam CT angiography to assess the microvascular anatomy of intracranial arterial dissections
Diana F.;Raz E.;Biraschi F.;Toccaceli G.;Peschillo S.
2021
Abstract
Background: Intracranial artery dissection is a rare and generally under-recognized cause of ischaemic stroke or subarachnoid haemorrhage. Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of cone-beam computed tomography angiography (CBCT-A) to detect arterial ultrastructural alterations in intracranial artery dissection. Method: This is an observational and retrospective case series. Results: Between January 2018 and November 2020, four patients were admitted with an acute ischaemic stroke due to intracranial dissection studied with CBCT-A. In all cases, the CBCT-A documented vascular ultrastructural alterations related with the intracranial dissection. Conclusions: CBCT-A is an intraprocedural diagnostic technique that is useful for the diagnosis of intracranial dissections.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.