Bilateral Spontaneous Carotid Artery DissectionWith Uncontrolled Graves’ Disease

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 26(3); 2008 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2008;26(3): 239-242.

조절되지 않은 그레이브스병에서 병발한양측 자발성 내경동맥 박리

최재환, 오세진 최광동 박경필 박규현 이태홍a 허지회b

부산대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실, 영상의학교실a, 연세대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실b

Bilateral Spontaneous Carotid Artery DissectionWith Uncontrolled Graves’ Disease

Jae-Hwan Choi

Department of Neurology and Radiologya, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, KoreaDepartment of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicineb, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Spontaneous carotid artery dissection is an important cause of ischemic stroke in young patients. There are some genetic or environmental factors associated with risks for spontaneous arterial dissection. Although thyroid hormone may affect the vascular system, the predisposition for arterial dissection remains unknown in thyrotoxicosis. We present a patient with uncontrolled Graves’ disease, who developed bilateral internal carotid artery dissections.KeyWords:Carotid artery dissection, Graves’ disease