Vertebrobasilar insufficiency resulting from traumatic atlantoaxial instability: case report.
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.
Vinchon
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Department of Neurosurgery, CHR, Lille, France.
Assaker
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R
Leclerc
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Lejeune
J P
JP
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