Vertebral Artery Dissection Presented with Monoplegia by Cervical Radiculopathy.
10.12771/emj.2014.37.1.41
- Author:
Sung Hee KIM
1
;
Ji Young YUN
;
Kee Duk PARK
;
Jee Hyang JEONG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jjeong@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Vertebral artery dissection;
Monoplegia;
Radiculopathy
- MeSH:
Arm;
Brain Stem;
Headache;
Hemiplegia*;
Humans;
Infarction;
Muscle Weakness;
Neck Pain;
Radiculopathy*;
Stroke;
Upper Extremity;
Vertebral Artery Dissection*;
Vertebral Artery*
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal
2014;37(1):41-45
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is one of important causes of posterior circulation strokes in young age patients. Typical presentations of VAD are occipital headache or posterior neck pain, with various signs arising from brainstem or cerebellar infarctions. Muscular weakness or sensory change of an ipsilateral arm owing to cervical nerve root involvement in association with the VAD has been reported very rarely. Herein we describe two unusual manifestations of extracranial VAD, which presented with monoplegia of single upper limb.
