Basilar artery occlusion following yoga exercise: a case report.
Basilar artery occlusion developed in a 34 year old woman 2 months after adopting unusual neck postures during yoga practice. On angiography, her basilar artery was filled with intraluminal clot while the vertebral arteries were normal. We postulate that a severe reduction in blood flow and possibly an intimal tear triggered thrombosis of the vertebral artery and that the final stroke mechanism was artery-to-artery embolism.
Fong
K Y
KY
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
Cheung
R T
RT
Yu
Y L
YL
Lai
C W
CW
Chang
C M
CM
D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015013:Yoga