Coexisting Dissecting Aneurysms of the Internal Carotid and Basilar Arteries Following Flexion Injury: Case Report.
- Author:
Bong Ju MOON
1
;
Chang Ki HONG
;
Sang Hyun SUH
;
Jung Yong AHN
;
Jin Yang JOO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yedamin@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Arterial dissection;
Internal carotid artery;
Basilar artery
- MeSH:
Aneurysm, Dissecting;
Basilar Artery;
Brain Stem Infarctions;
Carotid Artery, Internal;
Humans;
Stroke;
Trauma, Nervous System;
Vertebral Artery
- From:Korean Journal of Cerebrovascular Surgery
2009;11(2):81-84
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Traumatic or sponataneous arterial dissections have been well recognized at the cervical portion of the internal carotid artery and extracranial vertebral artery as an important cause of stroke, especially in young and middle-aged patients. Multiple arterial dissections following craniocervical injury are exceedingly rare. We describe a patient with brain stem infarction caused by basilar occlusion secondary to basilar artery dissection, associated with left ICA dissecting aneurysm after following minor craniocervical trauma without known underlying arteriopathy.
