{"pk":894,"title":"Carotid Artery Dissection as a Result of Penetrating Ear Trauma","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Case Presentation:\n Here we present the case of a previously healthy 67-year-old female with carotid artery dissection as a result of penetrating ear trauma.\nDiscussion:\n Carotid artery dissection can result from unusual mechanisms of injury and present without typical symptoms or exam findings. If left untreated, devastating neurologic sequela can occur. Physicians must have a low threshold to obtain vascular imaging to appropriately manage such cases.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Ear trauma"},{"word":"Carotid Artery Dissection"}],"section":"Images in Emergency Medicine","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9sp5c32n","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Nicholas","middle_name":"","last_name":"Peairs","name_suffix":"","institution":"Desert Regional Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palm Springs, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Joel","middle_name":"","last_name":"Stillings","name_suffix":"","institution":"Desert Regional Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palm Springs, California","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-07-30T20:54:07+02:00","date_accepted":"2020-07-30T20:54:07+02:00","date_published":"2020-07-30T20:55:38+02:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/894/galley/642/download/"}]}