Bilateral Vertebral Artery Dissection after a Chiropractic Therapy Session

Abstract

Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a rare and sometimes unrecognized cause of stroke in patients younger than 45 years. Herein, we describe a very rare case of bilateral vertebral artery dissection after a session of cervical therapy manipulation (chiropractic).

Keywords

• vertebral artery dissection
• cervical manipulation
• stroke