Citation

Marschner-Preuth N, Warnecke T, Niederstadt TU, Dittrich R, Schäbitz WR. Case Rep. Neurol. 2013; 5(1): 21-25.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Bielefeld, Germany ; Department of Department of Neurology, Bethel Evangelisches Krankenhaus of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Karger Publishers)

DOI

10.1159/000347001

PMID

23466599

Abstract

Dissections of the cervical arteries cause about 20% of total juvenile strokes. Approximately 4% of the carotid artery dissections are due to a (poly)trauma such as car accidents. Despite improved diagnostic facilities, traumatic dissections are often underdiagnosed or diagnosed too late due to a lack of awareness of potential initial signs and symptoms. We report here a case of a delayed embolic stroke after a car accident caused by a dissection of the carotid artery and subsequent pseudoaneurysm. To reduce the long-term morbidity or mortality of multiple trauma patients, an early detection of cervical carotid and vertebral dissections is strictly necessary.

Language: en