A Case Report of Basilar Artery Occlusion in a Healthy 36-Year-Old Female

Basilar artery occlusion is rare, accounting for approximately 1% of strokes. Symptoms range from paresthesia and oculomotor symptoms to locked-in syndrome. Intervention can lead to complete neurological recovery despite the severity of initial deficits. We report a case of basilar artery occlusion...

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Autores principales: Rhodes, Carl E, Kelleher, Thomas, Plamoottil, Cherian I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7389251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742871
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8904
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description Basilar artery occlusion is rare, accounting for approximately 1% of strokes. Symptoms range from paresthesia and oculomotor symptoms to locked-in syndrome. Intervention can lead to complete neurological recovery despite the severity of initial deficits. We report a case of basilar artery occlusion in a healthy 36-year-old female with minimal risk factors. The patient underwent interventional thrombectomy within eight hours of onset of symptoms and made a significant recovery. Due to the variation in severity and character of symptoms, the diagnosis of basilar artery occlusion is often a barrier to care.
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spelling pubmed-73892512020-07-31 A Case Report of Basilar Artery Occlusion in a Healthy 36-Year-Old Female Rhodes, Carl E Kelleher, Thomas Plamoottil, Cherian I Cureus Emergency Medicine Basilar artery occlusion is rare, accounting for approximately 1% of strokes. Symptoms range from paresthesia and oculomotor symptoms to locked-in syndrome. Intervention can lead to complete neurological recovery despite the severity of initial deficits. We report a case of basilar artery occlusion in a healthy 36-year-old female with minimal risk factors. The patient underwent interventional thrombectomy within eight hours of onset of symptoms and made a significant recovery. Due to the variation in severity and character of symptoms, the diagnosis of basilar artery occlusion is often a barrier to care. Cureus 2020-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7389251/ /pubmed/32742871 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8904 Text en Copyright © 2020, Rhodes et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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