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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475192100058X |
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