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  • Title: [Bilateral traumatic dissection of the carotid artery].
    Author: Mollen RM, Biert J, Klemm PL, Buskens FG, Goris JR.
    Journal: Unfallchirurg; 1999 May; 102(5):398-401. PubMed ID: 10409914.
    Abstract:
    Bilateral carotid artery dissection is a rare and unusual complication of blunt cervicofacial trauma. The diagnosis of a carotid injury is rarely suspected in trauma patients with neurological deficits. Neurological symptoms may develop in a delayed fashion. Angiography should be considered in trauma patients with hemiplegia and a normal mental status and in patients with blunt cervical trauma with an abnormal neurological examination. Initial heparinisation can prevent arterial thrombosis and neurological deterioration.
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