Spontaneous Basilar Artery Dissection: A Case Report and Literature Review
Arq. bras. neurocir
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37(3): 235-238, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
Spontaneous basilar artery dissection is a rare condition and a diagnostic challenge with a high potential for morbidity and mortality if untreated. It has an estimated incidence of 1 to 1.5 cases per 100,000 people. Few cases have been described in the literature up to the present day. The clinical outcomes, prognosis and treatment remain uncertain. The authors report the rare case of a 55-year-old female patient who presented to the Interventional Neuroradiology service at Hospital São Marcos, Teresina, in the state of Piauí, Brazil, with a history of severe headache located in the occipital region and in the nape with no improvement using common analgesics. A magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed a saccular dilatation in the basilar artery, and a digital cerebral angiography showed a basilar artery dissection associated with a dissecting aneurysm.
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Asunto principal:
Arteria Basilar
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Disección de la Arteria Vertebral
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Arq. bras. neurocir
Asunto de la revista:
Cirurgia
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Neurocirugía
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Department of Neurology, Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Piauí/BR
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Department of Neurosurgery, Endovascular Neurosurgery Service, Hospital São Marcos/BR
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Faculty of Medicine, Faculdade Integral Diferencial/BR
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Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Piauí/BR
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