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Dissection of vertebral arteries has been reported in association with minor neck movements without signs of trauma on the surface of the neck. In addition, injury of a vertebral artery can cause brain infarctions. However, few cases have been reported in which fatal brain infarction was due to nonocclusive, clinically undetected, traumatic thrombus formation in a vertebral artery. We concluded that the patient sustained traumatic lesions of the right vertebral artery during the traffic a ccident 2 weeks before death and that his cerebellar infarction was due to a thrombus resulting from these traumatic lesions. |
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