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Spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection is a group of (c)linical uncommondiseases,but it is a potentially catastrophic non-traumatic acute critical illness.The improvement of knowledge and understanding of the disease by clinicians will help to take preventive measures and improve the levels of diagnosis and treatment.This article reviews the advances in clinical features,diagnosis and treatment of spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection.
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Objective To evaluate the nse of CT angiography in the diagnosis of hemoptysis and guiding the treatment of it with 64-slice spiral CT.Methods Twenty-two patients with repeated and massive hemoptysis underwent chest CT angiography.Results The blood supply of hemoptysis was nonbronchial systemic arteries in 3 patients,single or multiple bronchial arteries in 15 patients,mixed arteries of nonbronchial systemic and bronchial arteries in 3 patients and abnormal systemic arteries in 1 patient.Conclusion With 64-slice spiral CT,CT angiography provided useful information for the treatment of hemoptysis by guiding bronchial arterial embolization.