Carotid Artery Injuries
MESHD020212
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)
Synonyms
- Artery Injuries, Carotid
- Artery Injury, Carotid
- Carotid Artery Injury
- Injury, Carotid Artery
- Carotid Arteriopathies, Traumatic
- Carotid Arteriopathy, Traumatic
- Traumatic Carotid Arteriopathy
- Injuries, Carotid Artery
- Trauma, Carotid Artery
- Artery Trauma, Carotid
- Carotid Artery Trauma
- Carotid Pseudoaneurysm
- Pseudoaneurysm, Carotid
- False Aneurysm, Carotid
- Carotid False Aneurysms
- Carotid False Aneurysm
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