Extreme Duplication-type, Nonseparated Fenestration of the Basilar Artery in a Patient with Pontine Infarction: Confirmation with Virtual Arterial Endoscopy

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...

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Autores principales: Woo, Seong-Ryong, Seo, Man-Wook, Kim, Young-Hyun, Kwak, Hyo-Sung, Han, Young-Min, Chung, Gyung-Ho, Jeong, Seul-Ki
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurological Association 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20396489
http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2006.2.1.74
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Sumario: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.

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