title: Vertebrobasilar insufficiency resulting from traumatic atlantoaxial instability: case report.
abstract: Vertebrobasilar ischemia revealed atlantoaxial instability in a patient who had cervical spine trauma 2 years previously. Vertigo was elicited by rotation of the head to the right; angiography demonstrated the occlusion of the left vertebral artery in the same position. The patient recovered totally after surgical fusion of the atlantoaxial joint.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, CHR, Lille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vinchon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Assaker
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lejeune
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery