Pediatric brain stem infarction caused by a basilar and vertebral artery occlusion: case report. 1992

T Ishikawa, and H Sasaki, and K Makino, and S Gotoh, and H Takamura, and H Takei
Department of Neurosurgery, Asahikawa Red Cross Hospital, Japan.

Basilar and right vertebral artery occlusion, which caused a brain stem infarction, occurred in an 11-year-old boy. There have been nine previous cases of basilar artery occlusion with steno-occlusive lesion in the vertebral artery. It is suspected that dissection of the vertebral artery at the atlantoaxial level and a gradual progression of arterial dissection to the basilar artery were the major causes of this infarction.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D001933 Brain Stem The part of the brain that connects the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES with the SPINAL CORD. It consists of the MESENCEPHALON; PONS; and MEDULLA OBLONGATA. Brainstem,Truncus Cerebri,Brain Stems,Brainstems,Cerebri, Truncus,Cerebrus, Truncus,Truncus Cerebrus
D002533 Cerebral Angiography Radiography of the vascular system of the brain after injection of a contrast medium. Angiography, Cerebral,Angiographies, Cerebral,Cerebral Angiographies
D002544 Cerebral Infarction The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction). Anterior Choroidal Artery Infarction,Cerebral Infarct,Infarction, Cerebral,Posterior Choroidal Artery Infarction,Subcortical Infarction,Cerebral Infarction, Left Hemisphere,Cerebral Infarction, Right Hemisphere,Cerebral, Left Hemisphere, Infarction,Cerebral, Right Hemisphere, Infarction,Infarction, Cerebral, Left Hemisphere,Infarction, Cerebral, Right Hemisphere,Infarction, Left Hemisphere, Cerebral,Infarction, Right Hemisphere, Cerebral,Left Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction,Left Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral,Right Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction,Right Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral,Cerebral Infarctions,Cerebral Infarcts,Infarct, Cerebral,Infarction, Subcortical,Infarctions, Cerebral,Infarctions, Subcortical,Infarcts, Cerebral,Subcortical Infarctions
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003131 Combined Modality Therapy The treatment of a disease or condition by several different means simultaneously or sequentially. Chemoimmunotherapy, RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY, chemoradiotherapy, cryochemotherapy, and SALVAGE THERAPY are seen most frequently, but their combinations with each other and surgery are also used. Multimodal Treatment,Therapy, Combined Modality,Combined Modality Therapies,Modality Therapies, Combined,Modality Therapy, Combined,Multimodal Treatments,Therapies, Combined Modality,Treatment, Multimodal,Treatments, Multimodal
D006438 Hemodilution Reduction of blood viscosity usually by the addition of cell free solutions. Used clinically (1) in states of impaired microcirculation, (2) for replacement of intraoperative blood loss without homologous blood transfusion, and (3) in cardiopulmonary bypass and hypothermia. Hemodilutions
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013988 Ticlopidine An effective inhibitor of platelet aggregation commonly used in the placement of STENTS in CORONARY ARTERIES. 53-32C,Ticlid,Ticlodix,Ticlodone,Ticlopidine Hydrochloride,53 32C,5332C,Hydrochloride, Ticlopidine
D014715 Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency Localized or diffuse reduction in blood flow through the vertebrobasilar arterial system, which supplies the BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; medial TEMPORAL LOBE; and THALAMUS. Characteristic clinical features include SYNCOPE; lightheadedness; visual disturbances; and VERTIGO. BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS or other BRAIN INFARCTION may be associated. Basilar Artery Insufficiency,Basilar Artery Stenosis,Vertebral Artery Insufficiency,Vertebral Artery Stenosis,Basilar Artery Ischemia,Basilar Insufficiency,Vertebral Artery Ischemia,Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiency,Vertebro-Basilar Ischemia,Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia,Vertebrobasilar Ischemia,Artery Insufficiencies, Basilar,Artery Insufficiencies, Vertebral,Artery Insufficiency, Basilar,Artery Insufficiency, Vertebral,Artery Ischemia, Basilar,Artery Ischemia, Vertebral,Artery Ischemias, Basilar,Artery Ischemias, Vertebral,Artery Stenoses, Basilar,Artery Stenoses, Vertebral,Artery Stenosis, Basilar,Artery Stenosis, Vertebral,Basilar Artery Insufficiencies,Basilar Artery Ischemias,Basilar Artery Stenoses,Basilar Insufficiencies,Dolichoectasia, Vertebrobasilar,Dolichoectasias, Vertebrobasilar,Insufficiencies, Basilar,Insufficiencies, Basilar Artery,Insufficiencies, Vertebral Artery,Insufficiencies, Vertebro-Basilar,Insufficiencies, Vertebrobasilar,Insufficiency, Basilar,Insufficiency, Basilar Artery,Insufficiency, Vertebral Artery,Insufficiency, Vertebro-Basilar,Insufficiency, Vertebrobasilar,Ischemia, Basilar Artery,Ischemia, Vertebral Artery,Ischemia, Vertebro-Basilar,Ischemia, Vertebrobasilar,Ischemias, Basilar Artery,Ischemias, Vertebral Artery,Ischemias, Vertebro-Basilar,Ischemias, Vertebrobasilar,Stenoses, Basilar Artery,Stenoses, Vertebral Artery,Stenosis, Basilar Artery,Stenosis, Vertebral Artery,Vertebral Artery Insufficiencies,Vertebral Artery Ischemias,Vertebral Artery Stenoses,Vertebro Basilar Insufficiency,Vertebro Basilar Ischemia,Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiencies,Vertebro-Basilar Ischemias,Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasias,Vertebrobasilar Insufficiencies,Vertebrobasilar Ischemias

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