Cerebrovascular Trauma

**Definition:** Penetrating and nonpenetrating traumatic injuries to an extracranial or intracranial blood vessel that supplies the brain. This includes the CAROTID ARTERIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERIES; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; veins, and venous sinuses.

**Tree numbers:** - C10.228.140.300.350 - C10.900.250 - C14.907.253.535 - C26.915.200

**Synonyms:** - Vascular Injury, Brain - Brain Injury, Vascular - Injury, Vascular, Brain - Vascular Trauma, Brain