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Arq. bras. neurocir
; 40(3): 245-252, 15/09/2021.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: biblio-1362144
RESUMO
Even though traumatic dissection of cervical arterial vessels is themajor cause of stroke among adults, it is still an underdiagnosed disease in neurosurgical emergencies, since most patients do not have or present subtle clinical signs in the acute phase. The authors report two interesting cases of cervical artery dissection with different traumatic mechanisms and present a broad literature review about this subject.