"Mixed" trauma to the carotid artery in a mixed martial arts injury - A case report and review of the literature

Authors

  • Shane Matthew Crilly
  • Eileen McElroy
  • Jonathan Ryan
  • Martin O'Donohoe
  • Leo P. Lawler

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v12i5.3234

Keywords:

Blunt cerebrovascular trauma, Carotid arterial injury, thyroid horn fracture, pseudoaneurysm, trauma

Abstract

We present the case of a mixed martial arts (MMA) cage fighter who presented to the emergency department with a right sided common carotid artery pseudoaneurysm as a result of a neck trauma at an MMA event. We discuss the management of blunt force neck trauma, differential diagnosis, imaging findings and review the literature on blunt cerebrovascular injury following blunt force injury to the neck.

Author Biographies

Shane Matthew Crilly

Surgical registrar

Royal Perth Hospital

Perth,

WA, Australia

Eileen McElroy

RMO, Department of Medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital

Jonathan Ryan

Consultant Radiologist, Sligo General Hospital, Sligo, Republic of Ireland

Martin O'Donohoe

Professor of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, Mater  Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland

Leo P. Lawler

Professor of Radiology and Head of Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
Journal of Radiology Case Reports May 2018 issue - Cover page: "Mixed" trauma to the carotid artery in a mixed martial arts injury - A case report and review of the literature by Shane M Crilly et al.

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Published

2018-05-18

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 5 (2018)

Section

Emergency Radiology

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