TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Dissection of bilateral intracranial vertebral artery with basilar artery involvement: a case report of a patient free from neurological deficits
JO  - Internal medicine
A1  - Hagiwara, Noriko
A1  - Kamouchi, Masahiro
A1  - Inoue, Tooru
A1  - Ibayashi, Setsuro
A1  - Iida, Mitsuo
A1  - Okada, Yasushi
SP  - 1467
EP  - 1470
VL  - 46
IS  - 17
N2  - We report a patient with dissection of the bilateral intracranial vertebral artery (VA) that did not present any symptoms other than occipital headache, which was probably associated with sleeping overnight in a car seat with unsteady head position. Although cerebral angiography revealed extensive dissection of the bilateral VA after branching of the posterior inferior cerebral artery, retrograde flow to the basilar artery (BA) via the right posterior communicating artery contributed to preserved posterior circulation. These findings indicate that even in patients without neurological deficits, the involvement of BA cannot be excluded and that accurate evaluation using radiological techniques should be considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0918-2918
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0210
ID  - ref1
ER  -