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Case Report
Online Published: 31 Mar 2020
 


Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke

Karen Greenberg, Hirad Hedayat, Brandon Blakey, Shamira Munn, Christina Canzanese.


Abstract
Ischemic stroke occurs in a significant subset of patients with blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI). The patients are most often victims of motor vehicle crashes or assaults, and suffer ischemic stroke due to injury of the extracranial carotid or vertebral arteries. A 60 year old male described walking in a park when a large dog jumped up striking him in the chest and causing forceful rotation of the neck, but no head injury was reported. Immediately after the incident the patient complained of dizziness, clumsiness of the left arm, and difficulty seeing to the left. Computed tomography angiography of the neck demonstrated 50% stenosis of the proximal right internal carotid artery secondary to mural thrombus. Prior to the event the patient had no known history of carotid disease. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed numerous subcentimeter foci of acute ischemia in the right cerebral hemisphere within the right middle and posterior cerebral artery distributions. Most literature about TCVI and stroke has been published in trauma, general surgery, and neurosurgery journals because these patients are generally primarily managed by trauma surgeons. Because of the increasing prevalence and awareness of TCVI, it is important to bring this clinical entity to the attention of all medical providers.

Key words: Traumatic Cerebrovascular Injury, Ischemic stroke, trauma, stroke, carotid thrombus


 
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Greenberg K, Hedayat H, Blakey B, Munn S, Canzanese C. Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke. Int J Med Rev Case Rep. 2020; 4(4): 119-122. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest


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Greenberg K, Hedayat H, Blakey B, Munn S, Canzanese C. Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke. https://www.mdpub.net/?mno=86815 [Access: October 13, 2024]. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest


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Greenberg K, Hedayat H, Blakey B, Munn S, Canzanese C. Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke. Int J Med Rev Case Rep. 2020; 4(4): 119-122. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest



Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Greenberg K, Hedayat H, Blakey B, Munn S, Canzanese C. Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke. Int J Med Rev Case Rep. (2020), [cited October 13, 2024]; 4(4): 119-122. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest



Harvard Style

Greenberg, K., Hedayat, . H., Blakey, . B., Munn, . S. & Canzanese, . C. (2020) Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke. Int J Med Rev Case Rep, 4 (4), 119-122. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest



Turabian Style

Greenberg, Karen, Hirad Hedayat, Brandon Blakey, Shamira Munn, and Christina Canzanese. 2020. Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke. International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 4 (4), 119-122. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest



Chicago Style

Greenberg, Karen, Hirad Hedayat, Brandon Blakey, Shamira Munn, and Christina Canzanese. "Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke." International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports 4 (2020), 119-122. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Greenberg, Karen, Hirad Hedayat, Brandon Blakey, Shamira Munn, and Christina Canzanese. "Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke." International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports 4.4 (2020), 119-122. Print. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Greenberg, K., Hedayat, . H., Blakey, . B., Munn, . S. & Canzanese, . C. (2020) Canine Assault with Blunt Trauma to the Chest Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke. International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 4 (4), 119-122. doi:10.5455/IJMRCR.Canine-Assault-Blunt-Trauma-Chest