Open AccessA Young Man with Sudden Unilateral Blindness and Hemiparesis
Author(s) -
Sia YS,
Wong YT,
Kan PG,
Day W,
Fan YW
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/102490790100800405
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , hemiparesis , blindness , complication , head and neck , surgery , embolism , dissection (medical) , traumatic brain injury , general surgery , radiology , angiography , optometry , psychiatry
Head and neck injuries are very common in Hong Kong, especially resulting from assaulted or traffic accidents. Delayed manifestation of post‐traumatic carotid thrombo‐embolism and aneurismal formation are known pitfalls that emergency physicians and neurosurgeons may encounter. We present a patient with blunt neck injury with the complication of traumatic dissection of the extracranial internal carotid artery.