Stroke following chiropractic manipulation. Report of 3 cases and review of the literature. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We present 3 cases of stroke due to arterial dissection following chiropractic manipulation: (1) a 31-year-old woman with left vertebral dissection developed a large cerebellar infarct, (2) a 64-year-old man developed a left parietal infarct due to left carotid dissection and (3) a 51-year-old man developed right Horner's syndrome, fluctuating dysarthria, left facial droop, and left arm weakness due to right carotid dissection. Imaging studies and the literature are reviewed.

publication date

  • January 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Manipulation, Chiropractic
  • Stroke

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036207457

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1159/000047778

PubMed ID

  • 11914540

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 3