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Accidental carotid artery injury caused by a horse rope.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14514544     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 37 year old woman who had bred horses for more than 20 years was leading two horses in a horse corral. One horse bolted and the lead rope wrapped around her neck. Four hours after the accident, she developed sudden aphasia, right facial palsy, and right arm weakness. Conventional and magnetic resonance angiography showed complete traumatic occlusion of the left common carotid artery due to thrombosis at the C6/7 level. There was good collateral flow from the other side. The patient was maintained on heparin followed by warfarin and recovered completely by the third day. This case shows the importance of suspecting vascular injury and thrombosis after trauma to sites of major vessels.
Authors:
L Nunnink; F Abu-Zidan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  British journal of sports medicine     Volume:  37     ISSN:  0306-3674     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Sports Med     Publication Date:  2003  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-09-29     Completed Date:  2004-02-27     Revised Date:  2008-11-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0432520     Medline TA:  Br J Sports Med     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  460-1     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Accidents, Occupational
Adult
Animal Husbandry*
Animals
Carotid Artery Injuries / diagnosis,  etiology*
Carotid Artery, Common*
Female
Horses
Humans
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis,  etiology*

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