title: Anterior spinal artery syndrome associated with severe stenosis of the vertebral artery.
abstract: We describe a 55-year-old man with quadriparesis and impaired pain and temperature sensation in whom T2-weighted MR images revealed a high-intensity lesion in the cord at C3-4. Angiography showed occlusion of the right vertebral artery and severe stenosis of the left vertebral artery. We concluded that the stenosis of the vertebral artery led to the anterior spinal artery syndrome and to a disturbance of consciousness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meguro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nose
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013577:Syndrome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*