Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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A Blunt Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injury: A Case Report

  • Lee, Min A (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Choi, Kang Kook (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Gil Jae (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Yu, Byung Chul (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Ma, Dae Sung (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Jeon, Yang Bin (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Chung, Min (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Jung Nam (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
  • Received : 2015.11.26
  • Accepted : 2016.01.11
  • Published : 2016.03.31
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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.

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