Basal Skull Fracture with Traumatic Polycranial Neuropathy and Occluded Left Carotid Artery: Significance of Fractures along the Course of the Carotid Artery.
Carter, David A. MD, PhD; Mehelas, Thomas J. MD; Savolaine, Edward R. MD; Dougherty, Lynda S. MD
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Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care.
44(1):230-235, January 1998.
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A patient who survived with traumatic multiple cranial nerve palsies and occluded internal carotid artery associated with a basal skull fracture that involved the carotid canal is described.A literature review indicates that a wide variety of injuries can occur to the carotid artery as it passes through a fractured skull base. Basal fractures involving the course of the carotid artery reflect a significant risk of carotid injury.
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