Extreme Duplication-type, Nonseparated Fenestration of the Basilar Artery in a Patient with Pontine Infarction: Confirmation with Virtual Arterial Endoscopy.
- Author:
Seong Ryong WOO
1
;
Man Wook SEO
;
Young Hyun KIM
;
Hyo Sung KWAK
;
Young Min HAN
;
Gyung Ho CHUNG
;
Seul Ki JEONG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Fenestration; Basilar artery; Brainstem infarction; Virtual arterial endoscopy
- MeSH: Basilar Artery*; Brain Stem Infarctions; Endoscopy*; Female; Humans; Infarction*; Middle Aged
- From:Journal of Clinical Neurology 2006;2(1):74-77
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We present a case of a 55-year-old woman with pontine infarction and fenestration of the basilar artery that was demonstrated using virtual endoscopy. The patient had motor weakness of the right side with sudden onset. Diffusion- and T2-weighted MR images revealed high signal intensities in the left pontine regions, and an MR angiographic examination showed the double-lumen sign of the basilar artery. An extensive duplication-type, nonseparated fenestration of the basilar artery was diagnosed by virtual endoscopy and craniocaudal communications with discrete openings were observed. We report a case of a patient with basilar artery fenestration and associated brainstem infarction.
