Spinal cord infarction presenting as Brown-Séquard syndrome from spontaneous vertebral artery dissection: a case report and literature review

Spinal cord infarction presenting as Brown-Séquard syndrome from spontaneous vertebral artery dissection: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is rarely caused by vertebral artery dissection (VAD), which is an important cause of posterior circulation stroke in young and middle-aged patients. We report the case of a middle-aged patient without obvious risk factors for atherosclerosis who had...

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Main Authors: Yang-Yang Meng, Le Dou, Chun-Mei Wang, De-Zheng Kong, Ying Wei, Li-Shan Wu, Yi Yang, Hong-Wei Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Spinal cord infarction
Vertebral artery dissection
Magnetic resonance imaging
Brown-Séquard syndrome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-019-1559-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-019-1559-0

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