title: Posterior cervical spinal cord infarction following vertebral artery dissection.
abstract: There are only two reported cases of unilateral posterior cervical spinal cord infarction as a result of vertebral artery dissection. We describe the first reported case of bilateral posterior spinal cord infarction caused by vertebral artery dissection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bergqvist
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Thorarensen
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bird
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D014711:Vertebral Artery