Walker S, McCarron MO, Flynn PA, Watt M. Left internal carotid artery dissection presenting with headache, Collet-Sicard syndrome and sustained hypertension.
Eur J Neurol 2003;
10:731-2. [PMID:
14641521 DOI:
10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00662.x]
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Abstract
The baroreflex maintains blood pressure through the glossopharyngeal (IX) cranial nerve. We report a 54-year-old man who developed a left sided headache, hoarseness, dysarthria, dysphagia, and sustained hypertension from a left internal carotid artery dissection. We hypothesise that interruption of the left IX nerve caused hypertension in this patient.
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