Post traumatic vertebro basilar dissection: case report and review of literature

[摘要] Posterior circulation territory stroke following mild head injury is a known entity although rarely seen. Numerous case reports appear in literature from time to time highlighting this complication. Blunt trauma to the head and neck possibly causes injury to the vertebrobasilar system in the form of angiorrhexis, subintimal, intramural and perivascular hemorrhage which causes secondary narrowing of the injured vessel. These processes can be complicated by progressive thrombosis & vascular occlusion. Here we are reporting a case of post traumatic vertebra-basilar dissection causing bilateral cerebellar and brainstem infarct.

[学科分类] 精神健康和精神病学

[关键词] vertebral artery dissection;post traumatic;head injury;posterior fossa infarct