Stroke while squeezing a pimple: traumatic rupture of a vulnerable carotid artery plaque

Neurology. 2011 Jan 18;76(3):305-6. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182074be8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carotid Artery Injuries / complications*
  • Carotid Artery Injuries / etiology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology*
  • Carotid Stenosis / complications*
  • Carotid Stenosis / pathology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / complications
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / diagnosis*
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture
  • Skin / pathology*