Traumatic vertebral artery dissection in an adult with brachial plexus injury and cervical spinal fractures

Silas NS Motsitsi; Rian R Steyn

doi:10.1186/1749-7221-2-17

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, Table of Contents

J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj 2007; 02(01): e66-e69
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-2-17

Case report

Motsitsi and Steyn; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

Traumatic vertebral artery dissection in an adult with brachial plexus injury and cervical spinal fractures^[*]

Authors

Silas NS Motsitsi

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Rian R Steyn

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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Abstract

We present a case of a 32 year-old right-hand dominant woman who sustained a right brachial plexus injury, ipsilateral fractures of the cervical spine transverse processes, and vertebral artery dissection. She presented to us four days following the initiating accident. Magnetic Resonance Imaging showed normal brachial plexus along with vertebral artery dissection with intramural thrombus and vascular lumen occlusion. The dissection was managed conservatively. A repeat CAT-SCAN Angiography three months later showed healing of the dissection plus vascular lumen re-canalization. There were no sequelae due to the dissection.

The details of the case are discussed in this report.

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Traumatic vertebral artery dissection in an adult with brachial plexus injury and cervical spinal fractures[*]

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Traumatic vertebral artery dissection in an adult with brachial plexus injury and cervical spinal fractures^[*]