Traumatic Basilar Artery Dissection in a Child: Need for Anticoagulation?

Abstract Dissection of a cerebral blood vessel is a rare complication of acute neurotrauma with a high incidence of morbidity and mortality. We report on a case of a pediatric patient with severe neurological symptoms in whom angiography showed evidence of a basilar artery dissection. The patient wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neuropediatrics 1999-12, Vol.30 (6), p.328-330
Hauptverfasser:	Schols, G., Van Havenbergh, T., Parizel, P. M., Delrue, F., Ceulemans, B., Jorens, P. G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Basilar Artery - diagnostic imaging Basilar Artery - injuries Biological and medical sciences Cerebral Angiography Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic - complications Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic - diagnostic imaging Child Female Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use Heparin - therapeutic use Humans Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Short communications Thrombosis - drug therapy Thrombosis - etiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Dissection of a cerebral blood vessel is a rare complication of acute neurotrauma with a high incidence of morbidity and mortality. We report on a case of a pediatric patient with severe neurological symptoms in whom angiography showed evidence of a basilar artery dissection. The patient was heparinized and recovered uneventfully.
ISSN:	0174-304X 1439-1899
DOI:	10.1055/s-2007-973514