TY - JOUR
T1 - Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia presenting simultaneously with ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes
AU - Chakraborty, Tia
AU - Lanzino, Giuseppe
AU - Flemming, Kelly D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Background: Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBDE) can present with brainstem- compressive symptoms, cerebral ischemia, or hemorrhage. Herein we describe a unique patient with VBDE who presented with hemorrhage and cerebral ischemia simultaneously. Case: Patient is a 76-year-old man presenting with an acute, symptomatic left pontine ischemic stroke heralded by ataxic dysarthria and right ataxic-hemiparesis. MRI scan of the brain demonstrated acute cerebral ischemia in the left pons, a small right thalamic hemorrhage, and evidence of VBDE. Conclusion: The perforating vessels branching off of the pathologic VBDE may result in both ischemia and hemorrhage. This is the first known case, to our knowledge, in which hemorrhage and cerebral ischemia occurred simultaneously.
AB - Background: Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBDE) can present with brainstem- compressive symptoms, cerebral ischemia, or hemorrhage. Herein we describe a unique patient with VBDE who presented with hemorrhage and cerebral ischemia simultaneously. Case: Patient is a 76-year-old man presenting with an acute, symptomatic left pontine ischemic stroke heralded by ataxic dysarthria and right ataxic-hemiparesis. MRI scan of the brain demonstrated acute cerebral ischemia in the left pons, a small right thalamic hemorrhage, and evidence of VBDE. Conclusion: The perforating vessels branching off of the pathologic VBDE may result in both ischemia and hemorrhage. This is the first known case, to our knowledge, in which hemorrhage and cerebral ischemia occurred simultaneously.
KW - Fusiform aneurysm
KW - Intracerebral hemorrhage
KW - Ischemic stroke
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.10.092
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.10.092
M3 - Article
C2 - 30442451
AN - SCOPUS:85056321941
SN - 0967-5868
VL - 61
SP - 296
EP - 297
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
ER -