Carotid Thrombosis Due to Intraoral Trauma

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Abstract
CEREBRAL arterial occlusion is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in children. Fifty-five cases of nontraumatic occlusions proved by angiography or autopsy or both in patients eighteen years of age or younger have been recorded in recent articles,1 2 3 4 exclusive of the cases associated with systemic diseases. The internal carotid artery was involved in 32. It is of note that nearly 90 per cent of these cases have been reported in the past ten years, apparently reflecting the increasing use of cerebral angiography as a diagnostic aid in this age group.Another condition that is being recognized more often, probably for the . . .