LESIONE DELL'ARTERIA CAROTIDE INTERNA DA CINTURA DI SICUREZZA: DESCRIZIONE DI UN CASO NON MORTALE

The Authors report the medico legal findings of young female that was victim of traffic accident as front seat passenger. Traumatic lesion of internal carotid artery on right side of the neck was descrbed. The combination of neck movements with the trauma sustained from diagonal strap of seatbealt (two point restraint type) at moment of the vehicle crush ws considered as possible pathogenesis. On these bases, this kind of vascularlesion is considered part of the seatbealt syndrome to which special attention is required in the clinical evaluation or during the forensic autopsy of the victim. The collecting data on these vascular lesions from different study group may be useful to define its frequency and pathogenesis.