title: Isolated basilar artery occlusion associated with a clivus fracture.
abstract: Most vascular injuries to the brain secondary to blunt head trauma involve the internal carotid circulation. A case of isolated basilar occlusion secondary to a clival fracture is described and compared to three other cases in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fazl
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed