Traumatic vertebral artery dissection in a child with brachial plexus injury

Seong-Hyun Park; Joo-Kyung Sung; Sung-Kyoo Hwang

doi:10.1159/000085871

Traumatic vertebral artery dissection in a child with brachial plexus injury

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2005 May-Jun;41(3):141-4. doi: 10.1159/000085871.

Authors

Seong-Hyun Park¹, Joo-Kyung Sung, Sung-Kyoo Hwang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Daegu 700-722, Korea.

PMID: 15995331
DOI: 10.1159/000085871

Abstract

Traumatic vertebral artery dissection is an unusual event in children, but early recognition and treatment are important to prevent neurological deficits. The authors present a case of a 4-year-old boy with a traumatic extracranial vertebral artery dissection, who suffers from left arm monoplegia due to brachial plexus injury.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic*
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnosis
Brachial Plexus / injuries*
Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / etiology
Child, Preschool
Humans
Male
Vertebral Artery
Vertebral Artery Dissection / diagnosis*