Trauma to the soft palate is a uncommon event during childhood. Stroke following intraoral trauma is also rare, but has been well documented by the current literature as a potentially serious complication, In this article, we report 2 cases of posttraumatic internal carotid artery thrombosis depicted by imaging studies, We discuss pathogenesis, and the literature is reviewed, Copyright (C) 2000 S.Karger AG, Basel.323150153