Extensive brain infarctions from bilateral vertebral artery injury because of cervical hyperextension injury: A case report

Extensive brain infarctions from bilateral vertebral artery injury because of cervical hyperextension injury: A case report

Vertebral artery injury (VAI) is not uncommon following blunt neck trauma, although bilateral VAI—which is rarer—can be fatal. We present the case of a 77-year-old man who was transported with a head injury and consciousness disorder. No hemorrhagic lesions in the patient’s head were noted using com...

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Main Authors: Hirozumi Okuda, Akinori Okuda, Koji Yamamoto, Hironobu Konishi, Keita Miyazaki, Yusuke Tada, Keisuke Takano, Hideki Asai, Yasuyuki Kawai, Hideki Shigematsu, Naoki Maegawa, Kenji Kawamura, Yasuyuki Urisono, Yasuhito Tanaka, Hidetada Fukushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Vertebral artery injury
Hyperextension injury
Spinal cord injury
Consciousness disorder
Spinous process fracture
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475192100058X

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