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cervical artery dissection
Disease Summary
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Mondo Description A tear within the wall of any of the arteries of the neck (carotid artery or vertebral artery) and that allows blood to separate the wall layers. By separating a portion of the wall of the artery (a layer of the Tunica intima or tunica media), a dissection creates two lumens or passages within the vessel, the native or true lumen, and the "false lumen" created by the new space within the wall of the artery.
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Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
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EFO:1000059
MONDO:0006061
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