[Traumatic obliteration of the middle cerebral artery. Pathogenic considerations]

Report on one case of traumatic obliteration of the middle cerebral artery together with a review of the pathogenetic theories published till presently on this subject. Three factors are retained in the case object of the present work: --compression of the arterial wall in the Sylvian fissure, as a consequence of contusion and cerebral edema, --disorders in the platelets aggregation, --high blood pressure.