Rifled carotid: Internal carotid artery thrombosis from prolonged carrying of a military rifle.

Faiz Mh AhmadS K NandaS RD S Grewal
Published in: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (2019)
Blunt trauma to the neck in the form of carrying a rifle for a prolonged duration can result in injury to the carotid vessels leading to delayed neurological presentation. Educating the troops regarding such a mode of illness will prevent such a catastrophic nature of vascular injury resulting in ischaemic stroke.