• DOI:10.1007/s00586-013-2983-2
Corpus ID: 1552821

Cervical spondylosis: a rare and curable cause of vertebrobasilar insufficiency

@article{Denis2013CervicalSA,
  title={Cervical spondylosis: a rare and curable cause of vertebrobasilar insufficiency},
  author={Daniel J. Denis and D. Sh{\'e}did and M. Shehadeh and Alexander G. Weil and S. Lanthier},
  journal={European Spine Journal},
  year={2013},
  volume={23},
  pages={206-213}
}

Daniel J. Denis, D. Shédid, +2 authors S. Lanthier

Published 2013

Medicine

European Spine Journal

BackgroundSpondylotic vertebral artery (VA) compression is a rare cause of vertebrobasilar insufficiency and stroke.Case descriptionA 53-year-old man experienced multiple brief vertebrobasilar transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and strokes, not apparently triggered by neck movements. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) documented consecutive infarcts, first in the left then right medial posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) territories. Angiography showed two extracranial right… CONTINUE READING

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