vertebral artery dissection
MONDO:1040011Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names vertebral artery dissection yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A human disorder which results from a tear in one of the major cervicocerebral arteries, allowing blood to enter the wall of the artery and split its layers. Pathogenesis typically leads to either stenosis or aneurysmal dilatation of the vessel.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:1040011), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: vertebral artery dissection
- Also called
- VAD