How do we Handle Traumatic Pediatric Carotid Artery Dissection?

Abstract

The authors present a case of a 3-year-old boy with a right temporoparietal lobe infarction that developed a day after a fall from height. In the following radiodiagnostic investigation, Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography showed narrowing of the right cervical internal carotid artery (ICA) indicative of a cervical carotid dissection. With the aid of this case, the authors review the neuroimaging findings of traumatic carotid artery dissection and management of these cases in pediatric population.