A case of extracranial vertebral artery dissection with spontaneous recovery Diagnosis and follow-up by duplex and color Doppler.
A 47-year-old women developed an acute vestibular syndrome with a peripheral facial palsy not associated with any trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an ischemic lesion in the territory of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. Color Doppler ultrasonography detected an occlusion of the right vertebral artery and dissection of the artery was confirmed by a subsequent angiography. During follow-up Duplex-Doppler allowed a non-invasive monitoring of recanalization of the occluded artery. Copyright 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
Casali
A
Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Gaiani
S
Piscaglia
F
Gramantieri
L
Masi
L
Valgimigli
M
Bolondi
L