Simultaneous unilateral internal carotid artery and occlusive basilar artery dissections

Abstract

We report a case of brain stem infarction. The case is interesting for simultaneous occurrence of basilar artery (BA) occlusion caused by BA dissection and left internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection after a minor cervical trauma. Stents were implanted at the ICA dissection, and BA occlusion was treated conservatively.

Key words:

• Basilar artery
• internal carotid artery
• arterial dissection
• brain stem infarction

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-20090068476).

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.