Open AccessTravmatik Karotis Arter Diseksiyonuna Bağlı Serebral İskemi: Olgu Sunumu
Author(s) -
Deniz Şener,
Özlem Taşkapılıoğlu,
Nermin Kelebek Girgin,
Bahattin Hakyemez,
Mustafa Bakar,
Yakup Tomak
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
türk yoğun bakım derneği dergisi/türk yoğun bakım dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-6416
pISSN - 2147-267X
DOI - 10.4274/tybdd.204
Subject(s) - medicine
Blunt injury to the neck region may lead to carotid artery dissection and cerebral ischemia. Blunt injury to carotid artery is not frequent but determination of the presence of trauma in the history of stroke patients will provide early diagnosis and treatment of them. In this article, a case with cerebral ischemia resulting from traumatic carotid artery dissection is presented and clinical findings, diagnostic procedures and choice of treatment are discussed in the light of the literature