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Case Report

Vertebral artery dissection with compelling evidence on duplex ultrasound presenting only with neck pain

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Pages 2839-2841 | Published online: 01 Nov 2016

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Figure 1 Duplex ultrasound (B-mode) shows narrowing of left intervertebral VA. The asterisk indicates the false lumen caused by intramural hematoma.

Abbreviation: VA, vertebral artery.
Figure 1 Duplex ultrasound (B-mode) shows narrowing of left intervertebral VA. The asterisk indicates the false lumen caused by intramural hematoma.

Figure 2 Color flow longitudinal duplex ultrasound highlights the severe luminal narrowing of left intervertebral VA due to intramural hematoma.

Abbreviation: VA, vertebral artery.
Figure 2 Color flow longitudinal duplex ultrasound highlights the severe luminal narrowing of left intervertebral VA due to intramural hematoma.

Figure 3 The coronal fat-saturated T1-weighted MRI sequence shows dissection of the left VA (arrow heads).

Abbreviations: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; VA, vertebral artery.
Figure 3 The coronal fat-saturated T1-weighted MRI sequence shows dissection of the left VA (arrow heads).

Figure 4 The axial fat-saturated T1 MRI sequence shows dissection of the left (arrow) and dissection of the right VA (arrow head).

Abbreviations: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; VA, vertebral artery.
Figure 4 The axial fat-saturated T1 MRI sequence shows dissection of the left (arrow) and dissection of the right VA (arrow head).