@article{ref1,
title="Juvenile stroke: cervical artery dissection in a patient after a polytrauma",
journal="Case reports in neurology",
year="2013",
author="Marschner-Preuth, Nicole and Warnecke, Tobias and Niederstadt, Thomas-Ulrich and Dittrich, Ralf and Schäbitz, Wolf-Rüdiger",
volume="5",
number="1",
pages="21-25",
abstract="Dissections of the cervical arteries cause about 20% of total juvenile strokes. Approximately 4% of the carotid artery dissections are due to a (poly)trauma such as car accidents. Despite improved diagnostic facilities, traumatic dissections are often underdiagnosed or diagnosed too late due to a lack of awareness of potential initial signs and symptoms. We report here a case of a delayed embolic stroke after a car accident caused by a dissection of the carotid artery and subsequent pseudoaneurysm. To reduce the long-term morbidity or mortality of multiple trauma patients, an early detection of cervical carotid and vertebral dissections is strictly necessary.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1662-680X",
doi="10.1159/000347001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000347001"
}