Vertebral Artery Stump Syndrome: A Case Report.

Vertebral Artery Stump Syndrome: A Case Report. Intern Med. 2017 Nov 20;: Authors: Suzuki M, Dembo T, Hara W, Tajima T, Yamashita M, Oji S, Nomura K Abstract Carotid stump syndrome is a well-documented embolic source for ischemic stroke. However, few cases have been reported of a similar condition-termed vertebral artery stump syndrome-which affects the posterior circulation after vertebral artery origin occlusion. We herein report a case of infarction of the right superior cerebellar artery and left posterior inferior cerebellar artery territories due to vertebral artery stump syndrome. In this interesting case, a turbulent flow at the distal side of the vertebral artery occlusion was captured on ultrasonography, and was identified as the probable mechanism of vertebral artery stump syndrome. PMID: 29151515 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Intern Med Source Type: research