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A case of traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury presenting with life-threatening symptoms

Traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury is a relatively rare but potentially fatal disease. We present a case of a 63-year-old man who presented with sudden onset of loss of consciousness after hitting his head. After immediate resuscitation, he showed quadriplegia and absence of spontaneous...

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Autores principales: Kishi, Seiji, Kanaji, Kenji, Doi, Toshio, Matsumura, Tadashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23754919
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S30930
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author Kishi, Seiji
Kanaji, Kenji
Doi, Toshio
Matsumura, Tadashi
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description Traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury is a relatively rare but potentially fatal disease. We present a case of a 63-year-old man who presented with sudden onset of loss of consciousness after hitting his head. After immediate resuscitation, he showed quadriplegia and absence of spontaneous breathing. Brain and cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging revealed an atlantoaxial subluxation, fractured C2 odontoid process, left vertebral artery occlusion, and bilateral extensive ischemia in the medulla oblongata and high cervical spinal cord. Digital subtraction angiography demonstrated left vertebral artery dissection just below the level of vertebral body C2.
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spelling pubmed-36582502013-06-10 A case of traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury presenting with life-threatening symptoms Kishi, Seiji Kanaji, Kenji Doi, Toshio Matsumura, Tadashi Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury is a relatively rare but potentially fatal disease. We present a case of a 63-year-old man who presented with sudden onset of loss of consciousness after hitting his head. After immediate resuscitation, he showed quadriplegia and absence of spontaneous breathing. Brain and cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging revealed an atlantoaxial subluxation, fractured C2 odontoid process, left vertebral artery occlusion, and bilateral extensive ischemia in the medulla oblongata and high cervical spinal cord. Digital subtraction angiography demonstrated left vertebral artery dissection just below the level of vertebral body C2. Dove Medical Press 2012-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3658250/ /pubmed/23754919 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S30930 Text en © 2012 Kishi et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A case of traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury presenting with life-threatening symptoms
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23754919
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S30930
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