ECTASIA OF THE VERTEBRAL ARTERY AS A CAUSE OF ISOLATED PYRAMIDAL TRACT SIGNS - CASE-REPORT AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
MOSS MS WEST RJ
Citation
Ms. Moss et Rj. West, ECTASIA OF THE VERTEBRAL ARTERY AS A CAUSE OF ISOLATED PYRAMIDAL TRACT SIGNS - CASE-REPORT AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, British journal of neurosurgery, 10(5), 1996, pp. 497-499
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
497 - 499
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1996)10:5<497:EOTVAA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A rare presentation of vertebral artery ectasia is reported with magne tic resonance imaging and angiographic correlation. The unusually low level of the abnormality had previously resulted in an incorrect diagn osis of primary pyramidal degeneration. One similar case has been repo rted in the world literature.