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Carotid Artery Injuries MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Carotid Artery Injuries
Tree Number(s)
C10.228.140.300.200.345
C10.228.140.300.350.500
C10.900.250.300
C14.907.253.123.345
C14.907.253.535.500
C26.915.200.200
Unique ID
D020212
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020212
Annotation
coordinate IM with specific carotid artery (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note
Damages to the CAROTID ARTERIES caused either by blunt force or penetrating trauma, such as CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES; and NECK INJURIES. Damaged carotid arteries can lead to CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; pseudoaneurysm formation; and INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION. (From Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1997, 18:251; J Trauma 1994, 37:473)
Entry Version
CAROTID ARTERY INJ
Entry Term(s)
Carotid Arteriopathies, Traumatic
Carotid False Aneurysm
Carotid Pseudoaneurysm
False Aneurysm, Carotid
Injuries, Carotid Artery
Trauma, Carotid Artery
Previous Indexing
Carotid Artery Diseases (1965-1999)
Public MeSH Note
2000; for CAROTID PSEUDOANEURYSM see CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA 2000-2007
History Note
2000; for CAROTID PSEUDOANEURYSM use CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA 2000-2007
Date Established
2000/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/11/03
Revision Date
2010/06/25
Carotid Artery Injuries Preferred
Carotid Pseudoaneurysm Related
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