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Case #5 -
A 21 year old stabbed in the L anterior neck

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
7.) If the injury were in Zone III and she had some focal neurologic deficit, how would you evaluate her?

In a patient with injury in Zone III of the neck and focal neurologic deficit, the carotid and the vertebral vessels must be evaluated by CT angiogram.  
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