Damages to the CAROTID ARTERIES caused either by blunt force or penetrating trauma, such as CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES; and NECK INJURIES. Damaged carotid arteries can lead to CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; pseudoaneurysm formation; and INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION. (From Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1997, 18:251; J Trauma 1994, 37:473)
Also Known As:
Carotid Arteriopathies, Traumatic; Carotid False Aneurysm; False Aneurysm, Carotid; Injuries, Carotid Artery; Artery Injuries, Carotid; Artery Injury, Carotid; Artery Trauma, Carotid; Carotid Arteriopathy, Traumatic; Carotid Artery Injury; Carotid Artery Trauma; Carotid False Aneurysms; Injury, Carotid Artery; Pseudoaneurysm, Carotid; Traumatic Carotid Arteriopathy; Carotid Pseudoaneurysm; Trauma, Carotid Artery