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Descriptor English:   Vertebral Artery Dissection 
Descriptor Spanish:   Disección de la Arteria Vertebral 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Dissecação da Artéria Vertebral 
Synonyms English:   Dissecting Vertebral Artery Aneurysm  
Tree Number:   C10.228.140.300.350.875
C10.228.140.300.950
C10.900.250.650
C14.907.055.050.575
C14.907.253.535.800
C14.907.253.953
C26.915.200.600
Definition English:   Splitting of the vessel wall in the VERTEBRAL ARTERY. Interstitial hemorrhage into the media of the vessel wall can lead to occlusion of the vertebral artery, aneurysm formation, or THROMBOEMBOLISM. Vertebral artery dissection is often associated with TRAUMA and injuries to the head-neck region but can occur spontaneously. 
History Note English:   2000 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   34254 
Unique Identifier:   D020217 

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