PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - FRED H. HOCHBERG
AU  - CHARLES BEAN
AU  - C. MILLER FISHER
AU  - GLENN H. ROBERSON
TI  - Stroke in a 15‐year‐old girl secondary to terminal carotid dissection
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.25.8.725
DP  - 1975 Aug 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 725--725
VI  - 25
IP  - 8
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/25/8/725.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/25/8/725.full
SO  - Neurology1975 Aug 01; 25
AB  - A 15-year-old girl died 14 days after hemiplegia suddenly developed. On hemiplegia separation of the middle cerebral arteries showed as a long attenuated column of dye—the "string" sign. Pathologic examination showed intimal separation starting at the distal bifurcation of the right internal carotid artery and extending into the middle and anterior cerebral arteries. The arteriographic string sign as evidence of dissection may aid diagnosis of this cause of childhood hemiplegia.