1. A traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the vertebral artery
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Mano Shanmuganathan, Ioannis P. Fouyas, Ian C. Coulter, and Peter Keston
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Vertebral artery ,Cervical trauma ,Wounds, Nonpenetrating ,Young Adult ,Pseudoaneurysm ,Blunt ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Fractures, Comminuted ,Vertebral Artery ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Accidents, Traffic ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Cerebral Angiography ,Embolic stroke ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Traumatic pseudoaneurysm ,Cervical Vertebrae ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,Surgery ,Neurology (clinical) ,Radiology ,business ,Aneurysm, False ,Cervical vertebrae ,Cerebral angiography - Abstract
Although uncommon, vertebral artery pseudoaneurysms harbour significant risk of embolic stroke and their presence should be considered in cases of blunt cervical trauma. We illustrate a case of a traumatically ruptured vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm treated with coil embolisation.
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- 2011
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