Open AccessStroke secondary to attempted strangulation
Author(s) -
RahulKumar Sharma,
Raghavendra Narayanaswamy,
Manisha Thakur,
Umesh Kansra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archives of medicine and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6085
pISSN - 2321-4848
DOI - 10.4103/2321-4848.133825
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , stroke (engine) , complication , carotid arteries , neck injury , thrombosis , penetrating trauma , surgery , blunt trauma , poison control , medical emergency , engineering , mechanical engineering
Stroke is a well-known complication of penetrating neck trauma. Rarely, it can result due to carotid artery thrombosis secondary to non-penetrating blunt pressure over neck. We here discuss the first case report of stroke in a young patient after attempted strangulation
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