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[Vertebral artery injury following mild neck trauma: report of two cases].
No Shinkei Geka. Neurological Surgery 1994 July
Two cases of vertebral artery injury following mild neck trauma are reported. A 52-year-old man was hospitalized with gait disturbance 7 days after mild traffic accident. Right vertebral angiogram revealed complete occlusion of the rt. vertebral artery (VA) and MR images revealed infarction in the rt. cerebellar hemisphere and rt. dorsolateral part of the medulla oblongata and revealed the thrombus in the rt. VA. He underwent anticoagulation and became asymptomatic. Angiogram 6 months later revealed the vessel to be normal. A 23-year-old man who has a habit of self-manipulation of his neck was hospitalized on the day when he experienced dysesthesia in the left part of his face and left upper and lower extremities and unsteady gait. MR images revealed multiple infarction in bilateral cerebellar hemispheres and thrombus in bilateral VAs. Bilateral vertebral angiogram revealed severe stenoses of bilateral VAs. He underwent anticoagulation and wore soft collar. Angiogram 20 days after onset revealed improvement of bilateral VA stenoses. He was discharged with no neurological deficit. It is said that vertebral artery injuries in association with head and neck trauma are relatively rare, but this condition is possible to be more common than realized, considering that the case of unilateral VA occlusion or the case with well developed collateral circulation is sometimes well tolerated for ischemia and that this condition can occur even after mild head and neck injury. The diagnosis must be established by vertebral angiogram, but MRI and MRA are very useful as ancillary methods. The therapeutic point is to prevent propagation of the thrombus and distal embolism, accordingly wearing a collar and anticoagulation are important.
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