Brain infarction after dissection of the intrathoracic arteries secondary to acute epiglottitis

Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Feb;31(2):463.e3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.08.033. Epub 2012 Nov 15.

Authors

Toshiaki Mochizuki¹, Yoshinori Kamio, Seiji Hosokawa, Tetsuro Kimura, Atsuto Yoshino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, 431-3192 Japan. toshiaki@hama-med.ac.jp

PMID: 23158601
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.08.033

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Brachiocephalic Trunk / pathology*
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / diagnosis*
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / etiology
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis*
Cerebral Infarction / etiology
Epiglottitis / complications*
Epiglottitis / diagnosis
Humans
Male
Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnosis
Rupture, Spontaneous / etiology