La Revue de médecine interne
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Cervicocranial arterial dissection is a major cause of cerebral infarction in young subjects. Traumatic and infectious factors are frequently suspected to be at the origin of cervicocranial artery dissection. However, they are usually too minor or too common to explain the vessel wall split-off. Underlying arteriopathy predisposing to dissections is therefore often suspected. ⋯ Classification of dissections according to the various vascular wall alterations would therefore permit to better define recurrence and familial risks and to improve overall management of the patients.