Spontaneous Basilar Artery Dissection: A Case Report and Literature Review
Arq. bras. neurocir
;
37(3): 235-238, 2018.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: biblio-1362865
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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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Artéria Basilar
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Dissecação da Artéria Vertebral
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Arq. bras. neurocir
Assunto da revista:
Cirurgia
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Neurocirurgia
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
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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