ReviewPolish journal of radiology2019
Traumatic vertebral artery injury: a review of the screening criteria, imaging spectrum, mimics, and pitfalls.
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- Screening for Mild Vertebral Artery Dissection Using 3-Dimensional T1-weighted Black-blood Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Retrospective Observational Study of 3,049 Consecutive Walk-in Patients Presenting with Headache.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2026Observational
- A Metallic Screw Gun-Traumatic Vertebral Artery Dissection Injury: A Case Report and Literature Review.Cureus · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Vertebral Artery Injury After Cervical Spine Trauma.Global spine journal · 2024Review
- Ultrasonography is an effective tool for the evaluation of traumatic vertebral artery injuries distal to fourth cervical vertebra in the emergency room.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Basilar Artery Occlusion Caused by Extracranial Vertebral Artery Dissection on Its Entry into the Transverse Foramen of the C6 Vertebra: Case Report.Journal of neuroendovascular therapy · 2023Article
- Assessment of neovascularization of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques using superb microvascular imaging: a comparison with contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging and histology.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2021Article
- Vertebral artery injury due to air rifle: A case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with concomitant cervical spine trauma and vertebral artery injury: A literature review and retrospective analysis.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineArticle
- Variability of radiological grading of blunt cerebrovascular injuries in trauma patients.International journal of critical illness and injury scienceArticle
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Abstract
purposeTraumatic vertebral artery injury (TVAI) can have a varied clinical presentation and appearance on imaging. In this review, we present the screening criteria, spectrum of imaging features, grading, and imaging pitfalls of TVAI. Our review focuses on the imaging of TVAI on computed tomography angiography (CTA), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), and cases of TVAI mimics. IMAGING: The imaging spectrum on CTA can range from either focal or long segment luminal stenosis (the most common findings), smooth or tapered narrowing of lumen, string of pearls appearance, concentric intramural haematoma, intimal flap (the most definite sign), and double lumen of the artery. On time-of-flight MRA, the most common findings include loss of flow void within the vessel due to slow flow, thrombosis or occlusion, and hyperintense signal within the vessel wall due to intramural haematoma on T1 fat-saturated images.
conclusionThe reader should be aware of the screening criteria, common and uncommon findings, variant anatomy, artifacts, and mimics of TVAI when evaluating cases of craniocervical trauma, to be competent in calling in or ruling out injury.
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