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Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Cerebrovascular Disorders > Carotid Artery Diseases > Carotid Artery Injuries
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Cerebrovascular Disorders > Carotid Artery Diseases > Carotid Artery Injuries
Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Cerebrovascular Disorders > Cerebrovascular Trauma > Carotid Artery Injuries
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Cerebrovascular Disorders > Cerebrovascular Trauma > Carotid Artery Injuries
Wounds and Injuries > Trauma, Nervous System > Cerebrovascular Trauma > Carotid Artery Injuries
Nervous System Diseases > Trauma, Nervous System > Cerebrovascular Trauma > Carotid Artery Injuries

Preferred term

Carotid Artery Injuries  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Artery Trauma, Carotid
  • Carotid Arteriopathies, Traumatic
  • Carotid Arteriopathy, Traumatic
  • Carotid Artery Trauma
  • Injuries, Carotid Artery
  • Trauma, Carotid Artery
  • Traumatic Carotid Arteriopathy

Note

  • coordinate IM with specific carotid artery (IM) if pertinent

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 2000; for CAROTID PSEUDOANEURYSM use CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA 2000-2007

In other languages

  • kaulavaltimon vammat

    Finnish

  • karotiksen vamma
  • karotiksen vammat
  • karotisvaltimon vamma
  • karotisvaltimon vammat
  • karotisvamma
  • karotisvammat
  • kaulavaltimon vamma
  • laesio arteriae carotidis
  • laesio arteriae carotidis communis
  • laesio arteriae carotidis externae
  • laesio arteriae carotidis internae
  • sisemmän kaulavaltimon vamma
  • ulomman kaulavaltimon vamma
  • yhteisen kaulavaltimon vamma
  • Halsartärskador

    Swedish

  • Karotid pseudoaneurysm
  • Karotisartärskador

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020212

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