Successful stent placement for cervical artery dissection associated with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Case report and review of the literature

Akira Kurata; Hidehiro Oka; Taketomo Ohmomo; Hitoshi Ozawa; Sachio Suzuki; Kiyotaka Fujii; Shinichi Kan; Yoshio Miyasaka; Harue Arai

doi:10.3171/jns.2003.99.6.1077

Successful stent placement for cervical artery dissection associated with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Case report and review of the literature

J Neurosurg. 2003 Dec;99(6):1077-81. doi: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.6.1077.

Authors

Akira Kurata¹, Hidehiro Oka, Taketomo Ohmomo, Hitoshi Ozawa, Sachio Suzuki, Kiyotaka Fujii, Shinichi Kan, Yoshio Miyasaka, Harue Arai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Yamato Municipal Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. akirak@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp

PMID: 14705737
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.6.1077

Abstract

This 44-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) Type IV presented with hemiparesis and the Gerstmann syndrome. Left carotid artery (CA) angiography revealed a dissecting aneurysm with severe stenosis located in the common CA; the lesion was successfully treated with a stent graft. The patient's clinical course after endovascular surgery was uneventful, without occurrence of megacolon. The literature for spontaneous CA dissection in EDS Type IV cases is reviewed and points for investigation and treatment are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / etiology*
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / surgery*
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / complications*
Humans
Male
Stents*