J Korean Soc Traumatol.  2016 Mar;29(1):28-32. 10.20408/jti.2016.29.1.28.

A Blunt Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injury: A Case Report

• Lee MA
• Choi KK
• Lee GJ
• Yu BC
• Ma DS
• Jeon YB
• Chung M
• Lee JN

• KMID: 2162551
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2016.29.1.28

Abstract

Blunt traumatic vertebral artery injury (TVAI) is relatively rare, but it may frequently be associated with head and neck trauma. TVAI is difficult to diagnose with diverse outcomes, thus it is a clinical challenge. There are no widely accepted guidelines for treatment and diagnosis, so that the diagnosis of TVAI can be easily delayed. Therefore, any clinical suspicion from clues on the initial imaging is important for diagnosis of TVAI. The authors report on the case of a patient diagnosed as having a TVAI with a transverse foramen fracture.

Keyword

Cerebrovascular trauma; Vertebral artery dissection; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency; Spinal fractures

MeSH Terms

Cerebrovascular Trauma
Diagnosis
Head
Humans
Neck
Spinal Fractures
Vertebral Artery Dissection
Vertebral Artery*
Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency