Deconstructing Dissections: A Case Report and Review of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury of the Neck

Table 2

Screening criteria for BCVI from Denver.

Signs/symptoms of injury	Risk factors for BCVI
	High energy mechanism with:
Arterial hemorrhage (i.e., from neck, nose, and mouth)	Basilar skull fracture with carotid canal involvement
Cervical bruit; Expanding cervical hematoma; Focal neurological deficit; Ischemic stroke on secondary CT scan	Cervical spine fracture patterns; (i) Subluxation; (ii) Fractures extending into transverse foramen; (iii) Fractures of C1-C3
	Diffuse Axonal Injury; GCS ≤ 6
	LeFort II-III fracture
	Near-hanging with anoxic brain injury