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Please help! what happens when a carotid artery gets nicked?

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Variable: Can be many results including: nothing, blood accumulation in the neck, ecchymosis (black and blue mark), hematoma (firm mass of blood), or, in the worse case, a stroke.

Dr Mittal agreed

Answered 1/18/2014

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