Low velocity traumatic dissection of the internal carotid artery presenting as a stroke after a slash injury

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Agrawal, Amit ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Tiwari, A ^a   Sinha, A ^a   Patel, A ^a  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Carotid artery dissection; Embolic stroke; Neck injury complication; Neurological deficit; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STROKE; WOUND; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; NECK INJURY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MALE; NECK INJURIES;

EID: 34249697170     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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