TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Panza, Luigi
AU  -  Cosenza, Mattia
AU  -  Califano, Annapaola
AU  -  Defendini, Carolina
AU  -  D’Andria, Maria
AU  -  Romiti, Roberto
AU  -  Vainieri, Antonio Fabio Massimo
AU  -  Morelli, Sergio
T1  -  Stroke after a visit to hairdresser
PY  -  2020
Y1  -  2020-09-01
DO  -  10.1701/3421.34066
JO  -  Recenti Progressi in Medicina
JA  -  Recenti Prog Med
VL  -  111
IS  -  9
SP  -  532
EP  -  533
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-1840
Y2  -  2026/04/26
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1701/3421.34066
N2  -  Summary. Cervical arteries dissection (CAD) is an uncommon cause of stroke, anyway, its prevalence rate rise up to 20% in middle-aged patients1. In most cases CAD is associated with rare connective tissue diseases like type IV-Ehlers-Danlos, Marfan’s syndrome, fibrodysplasia2. Major acquired risk’s factors are blunt cervical traumas as vehicle trash or, less frequently, trivial procedures as neck’s manipulation and prolonged hyperextension. Several cases of CAD are, in fact, present in literature following chiropractic practices, dental procedures, gastroesophageal endoscopy3-6. Our report concerns an unusual case of left internal carotid artery dissection (ICA) due to neck hyperextension after hair washing.
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