title: [Carotid artery dissection with cerebral infarction after soft tissue trauma in the pharyngeal region].
abstract: We report the case of an 8-year-old boy who suffered an internal carotid artery dissection as a result of an enoral soft tissue trauma. After an initial interval with minor symptoms he developed a cerebral infarction in the vascular region of the left middle cerebral artery. The patient was treated with decompression hemicraniectomy while therapy was monitored with intracranial pressure (ICP) measurements.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Buger Strasse 80, 96049 Bamberg. Thorsten.keil@sozialstiftung-bamberg.de
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keil
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Deeg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lenhart
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mirzai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heesen
mesh_terms: D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010614:Pharynx / Q000293:injuries*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography