title: Pediatric brain stem infarction caused by a basilar and vertebral artery occlusion: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Asahikawa Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takei
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006438:Hemodilution; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D013988:Ticlopidine