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Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports Volume 4, 2019 - Issue 1
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CASE REPORTS

Vertebral artery injury caused by glass remnants in the neck: A case report

Keisuke MizunoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Shogo ShinoharaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1794-2091
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Yoshihiro OmuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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Hirotoshi ImamuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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Masashi ShigeyasuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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Tetsuhiko MichidaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan;
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Kiyomi HamaguchiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan;
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Shinji TakebayashiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan;
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Keizo FujiwaraDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan;
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Yasushi NaitoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan;
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Pages 30-34 | Received 11 Jul 2019, Accepted 09 Aug 2019, Published online: 30 Aug 2019

Figures & data

Figure 1. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan showing remnants of glass pieces in the neck (arrow) and the damaged right vertebral artery and pseudoaneurysm (arrow head).

Figure 1. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan showing remnants of glass pieces in the neck (arrow) and the damaged right vertebral artery and pseudoaneurysm (arrow head).

Figure 2. (A) The vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm (arrow head). (B) Successful obstruction of the right vertebral artery using coil embolization.

Figure 2. (A) The vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm (arrow head). (B) Successful obstruction of the right vertebral artery using coil embolization.

Figure 3. (A) The right neck exploration. The arrow head shows the edge of the glass. (B) The retrieved glass pieces. The larger one was located between the transverse processes of C4 and C5.

Figure 3. (A) The right neck exploration. The arrow head shows the edge of the glass. (B) The retrieved glass pieces. The larger one was located between the transverse processes of C4 and C5.

Figure 4. Flow chart for treatment decision-making.

Figure 4. Flow chart for treatment decision-making.

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