TY - JOUR AU - Demetrious, James S. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/09 TI - Spontaneous cervical artery dissection: a fluoroquinolone induced connective tissue disorder? JO - Chiropractic & Manual Therapies SP - 22 VL - 26 IS - 1 AB - Spontaneous cervical artery dissections more often manifest in young people and have been associated with catastrophic consequences. Some indeterminate risk factors have been identified, making the diagnosis of developing dissections quite difficult. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics have been recognized for their degradative effects on connective tissue. Recent studies have implicated fluoroquinolones in the genesis of aortic artery aneurysms. It is the purpose of this paper to provide reasoning for a testable hypothesis of whether fluoroquinolones constitute a risk factor associated with cervical artery dissections. SN - 2045-709X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-018-0193-z DO - 10.1186/s12998-018-0193-z ID - Demetrious2018 ER -