Traumatic injury to the internal carotid artery by the hyoid bone: a rare cause of ischemic stroke

• Main Authors: Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), Marcia Yoshie Kanegae (Author), Vera Demarchi Aiello (Author), Pedro José dos Santos Neto (Author), Tatiane Carneiro Gratão (Author), Erasmo Simão Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Central nervous system (CNS) ischemic events, besides being a common and devastating disease, are accompanied by severe disability and other morbidities. The cause of such events is not always that simple to diagnose, and among the young, a broad spectrum of possibilities should be considered. We pr...