Occult traumatic dissection of vertebral artery with an excellent outcome

G. Stranjalis; F. Papavlassopoulos; A. T. Kouyialis; S. Korfias; N. Bontozoglou; D. E. Sakas

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Occult traumatic dissection of vertebral artery with an excellent outcome

G. Stranjalis
, F. Papavlassopoulos
, A. T. Kouyialis
, S. Korfias
, N. Bontozoglou
, D. E. Sakas

Medical School

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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Abstract

We present the case of a young male with severe head injury, cervico-thoracic fractures, and an initially unrecognized brainstem infarct due to unilateral dissection of vertebral artery, who made an unusually excellent recovery. This report stresses the importance of prompt clinico-imaging diagnosis and prophylactic anticoagulant treatment in such cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	389-391
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02688690400005222
Publication status	Published - Aug 2004

Keywords

Cervical vascular injury
Dissection
Severe head injury
TBI

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