title: Traumatic laceration of the intracranial vertebral artery causing fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage: case report.
abstract: A 36-year-old man who had been drinking alcohol had a fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage immediately after suffering a moderate craniofacial injury. Autopsy revealed a 3-mm longitudinal laceration of the left intracranial vertebral artery proximal to the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. There was no finding of arterial dissection. We discuss the mechanisms of the traumatic laceration of the vertebral artery in relation to traumatic dissection of the vertebral artery.
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Medical Center, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uejima
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taneda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*