Abstract

Despite its risks, contrast angiography is the method of definitive diagnosis of vertebral artery dissection. This presents the case of a 49‐year‐old white man with ischemic symptomatology in the posterior circulation in whom transcranial Doppler sonography suggested vertebral dissection, leading to confirmation by emergency angiography and rapid institution of therapy.

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