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. [ EFO:1000059 ]
Term information
- MEDGEN:1709179 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C5396999 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- EFO:1000059 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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http://identifiers.org/medgen/1709179
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C5396999