Carotid Artery Injuries
Damages to the CAROTID ARTERIES caused either by blunt force or penetrating trauma, such as CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES; and NECK INJURIES. Damaged carotid arteries can lead to CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; pseudoaneurysm formation; and INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION. (From Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1997, 18:251; J Trauma 1994, 37:473)
Year introduced: 2000
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Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.300.200.345, C10.228.140.300.350.500, C10.900.250.300, C14.907.253.123.345, C14.907.253.535.500, C26.915.200.200
MeSH Unique ID: D020212
Entry Terms:
- Artery Injuries, Carotid
- Artery Injury, Carotid
- Carotid Artery Injury
- Injury, Carotid Artery
- Injuries, Carotid Artery
- Trauma, Carotid Artery
- Artery Trauma, Carotid
- Carotid Artery Trauma
- Carotid Arteriopathies, Traumatic
- Carotid Arteriopathy, Traumatic
- Traumatic Carotid Arteriopathy
- Carotid Pseudoaneurysm
- Pseudoaneurysm, Carotid
- Carotid False Aneurysm
- False Aneurysm, Carotid
- Carotid False Aneurysms
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