The phrase "artery dissection" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in medical contexts to refer to a condition where a tear occurs in the artery wall, leading to separation of the layers of the artery.
Example: "The patient was diagnosed with artery dissection, which required immediate surgical intervention to prevent further complications."
Alternatives: "vascular dissection" or "arterial tear".
Cervical arterial tortuosity has been associated with an increased risk of spontaneous cervical artery dissection and patients with both spontaneous intracranial hypotension and spontaneous cervical artery dissection have been reported [3, 7].
Hughes suffered a vertebral artery dissection leading to a subarachnoid haemorrhage that occurred after the ball struck him in the neck.
Internal carotid artery dissection.
Six patients had vertebral artery dissection, one had internal carotid artery dissection, and one had an association of vertebral and internal carotid artery dissection.
This occlusion was attributed to spontaneous artery dissection.
Associated injuries include cord contusion and traumatic vertebral artery dissection.
The seven patients with spontaneous cervicocephalic arterial dissection that presented only with headache and neck pain included six patients with vertebral artery dissection and two patients with internal carotid artery dissection, one of whom had co-existing vertebral artery dissection.
A systematic search of MEDLINE, HighWire, and Google Scholar (January 1966 to July 2013) with the keywords 'middle cerebral artery dissection,'intracerebralarteryery dissection,' and 'middle cerebral artery dissection stroke' was conducted in subject headings and keywords.
Typical imaging findings of the vertebral artery dissection and internal carotid artery dissection are shown in Fig. 1 (case 5) and in Fig. 2 (case 6), respectively.
In the cases of internal carotid artery dissection, one patient complained of temporal pain, and one patient with co-existing vertebral artery dissection complained of posterior cervical pain.
Cervical artery dissection may be associated with intracranial artery dissection, which is a potential cause of or intracranial haemorrhages (subarachnoid or intracerebral).
