[Traumatic obliteration of the sylvian artery].
Traumatic thrombosis of the middle cerebral artery have been rarely reported and documented. Eight personal cases provide us an opportunity to stress the common features of this rare entity: onset of symptoms several hours after severe head-trauma, in young men; computerized tomography combined with carotid angiography are decisive for the diagnosis. Prognosis is poor-six deaths out of eight patients. Anticoagulantherapy is useless even dangerous. Extra-intra cranial anastomosis may appear a better solution in selected cases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Les oblitérations traumatiques de l'artère sylvienne.