Carotid artery dissection can also cause pain in the neck. This condition occurs due to a tear in the artery, sometimes due to an injury. It is a medical emergency and can lead to a stroke.

A third child had protein S deficiency and sickle cell disease. Arterial dissection ... and internal carotid artery stenosis. All children received supportive treatment acutely, with some ...

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia ... usually have stenosis or occlusion of the distal internal carotid and proximal middle cerebral arteries. Indefinite transfusion ...