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Clinical presentation of carotid artery dissection (CAD) is variable, including acute or subacute headache, cervical pain, or focal neurologic deficit that occurs spontaneously, after a high-speed neck manipulation, or trauma. Isolated lower cranial nerve palsy in carotid dissection is uncommon.

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Jitphapa Pongmoragot, Aditya Bharatha, Gustavo Saposnik. Pearls and oy-sters: carotid dissection with normal arterial lumen. Neurology. 2013 Mar 12;80(11):e115-7

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