title: Rare diseases mimicking acute vertebrobasilar artery thrombosis.
abstract: Acute ischaemia of the vertebrobasilar circulation leads to a variety of clinical manifestation and is mostly due to cardiogenic or artery-to-artery embolism. We describe four neurological emergency situations involving vertebrobasilar artery aclusion of other origins; basilar migraine, extrinsic compression by rheumatoid inflammatory tissue, generalized vasculitis in subacute rheumatic fever and basilar artery dissection. The differential diagnosis of acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion may have an important impact on patient management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Meyding-Lamadé
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rieke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krieger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forsting
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sartor
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hacke
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001488:Basilar Artery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*