title: Locked-in syndrome caused by a megadolicho vascular malformation of the basilar artery.
abstract: A 41-year-old patient is described who was initially considered to be suffering from a space-occupying lesion in the posterior fossa. He was eventually found to be suffering from a megadolicho vascular malformation of the basilar artery, which caused a locked-in syndrome. The patient survived and improved considerably.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed