title: Fibromuscular dysplasia with dissection of basilar artery presenting as "locked-in-syndrome".
abstract: We report on a young man with fibromuscular dysplasia involving the basilar artery detected at autopsy. He presented with sudden onset of stroke, and the lesion was complicated by thrombosis and dissection of the vessel wall. The organizing thrombotic lesion of the basilar artery was responsible for the ventral pontine infarct that resulted in "locked-in syndrome."
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Arunodaya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vani
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Taly
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Swamy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sarala
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*