Vertebral Artery Dissection Following Cervical Spine Injury as a Diagnostic Challenge. Case Study.
We present the case of a spinal cord-injured patient with neurological sequelae and delayed posterior circu-la-tion stroke caused by bilateral vertebral artery dissection. The signs of cerebellar and occipital lobe ischemia were masked by manifestations of spinal cord injury. The patient was unconscious and in a serious condition, but, despite no proper stroke treatment, only residual dysarthria and upper limb ataxia were seen after reha-bilitation. Any clinical suspicion based on the combination of head or neck trauma with atypical or evolving neuro-logical symptoms should be verified for the possibility of a vertebral artery dissection.
PMID: 31774067 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ortopedia, Traumatologia, Rehabilitacja - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Dobies-KrzeĊniak B, Tarnacka B Tags: Ortop Traumatol Rehabil Source Type: research
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