Vertebrobasilar artery dissection presenting with simultaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and brain stem infarction: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-22

  Murakami, Kensuke ^a   Takahashi, Noboru ^a   Matsumura, Nobuhisa ^a   Umezawa, Kunihiko ^a   Midorikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nishijima, Michiharu ^a  

^a AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem infarction; Dissecting aneurysm; MRI; Vertebrobasilar artery

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037214860     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00977-1     Document Type: Article

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