Carotid Artery Injuries
Synonyms
Artery Injuries, Carotid
Artery Injury, Carotid
Artery Trauma, Carotid
Carotid Arteriopathies, Traumatic
Carotid Arteriopathy, Traumatic
Carotid Artery Injury
Carotid Artery Trauma
Carotid False Aneurysm
Carotid False Aneurysms
Carotid Pseudoaneurysm
False Aneurysm, Carotid
Injuries, Carotid Artery
Injury, Carotid Artery
Pseudoaneurysm, Carotid
Trauma, Carotid Artery
Traumatic Carotid Arteriopathy
Damages to the CAROTID ARTERIES caused either by blunt force or penetrating trauma, such as CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES; and NECK INJURIES. Damaged carotid arteries can lead to CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; pseudoaneurysm formation; and INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION. (From Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1997, 18:251; J Trauma 1994, 37:473)