title: Spinal manifestations of vertebral artery dissection.
abstract: Among 111 patients with vertebral artery dissection (VAD), two presented with spinal manifestations: one with a C5-C6 radiculopathy and the other with a cervical myelopathy. Of 13 previously reported cases of spinal manifestations of VAD (mean age 37 years), ischemic cervical myelopathy was noted in seven; cervical radiculopathy, often at C5-C6 and primarily motor, in five; and hemorrhagic complications in one, with chest pain being part of the presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Crum
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mokri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fulgham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000098:blood supply*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*