title: Carotid artery dissection following adenoidectomy.
abstract: Carotid dissection and cerebral infarction are extremely rare complications of adenoidectomy. We describe the case of seven year old girl, who suffered from left internal carotid artery dissection following adenoidectomy, leading to right hemiplegia with global aphasia. A CT angiogram confirmed a loop in contralateral right internal carotid artery. It is presumed that a similar loop also existed in left internal carotid artery, which possibly extended medially close to posterior pharyngeal wall and was injured during the course of surgery.
authors: Department of Neurosciences, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Electronic address: gargarungarg@hotmail.com.
authors: Arun
authors: A
authors: Garg
authors: Paediatric Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Electronic address: Yeeshu.singh@medanta.org.
authors: Yeeshu
authors: Y
authors: Singh
authors: Department of Neurosciences, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Electronic address: pankaj.singh@medanta.org.
authors: Pankaj
authors: P
authors: Singh
authors: Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosciences, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Electronic address: gaurav.goel@medanta.org.
authors: Gaurav
authors: G
authors: Goel
authors: Department of Neurosciences, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Electronic address: sushant.bhuyan@medanta.org.
authors: Susant
authors: S
authors: Bhuyan
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications
keywords: Adenoidectomy; Carotid artery dissection; Internal carotid artery