RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Stroke in a 15‐year‐old girl secondary to terminal carotid dissection
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 725
OP 725
DO 10.1212/WNL.25.8.725
VO 25
IS 8
A1 FRED H. HOCHBERG
A1 CHARLES BEAN
A1 C. MILLER FISHER
A1 GLENN H. ROBERSON
YR 1975
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/25/8/725.abstract
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.