Electric scooter-related triple cervical artery dissection

Abstract

A 34-year-old female presented to the emergency department with neck pain, dysphonia and dysphagia ten days after a fall from an electric scooter. Subsequent computed tomography of the neck revealed bilateral vertebral artery and unilateral internal carotid artery non-occlusive dissections, which were managed with antiplatelet therapy. This case describes mechanisms of injury, clinical presentation, imaging appearances, and subsequent management of cervical artery dissection.

Keywords

• Arterial dissection
• Vertebral artery dissection
• Internal carotid artery dissection
• Electric scooter
• E-scooter