title: One-and-a-half syndrome resulting from spontaneous vertebral artery dissection.
abstract: A patient with one-and-a-half syndrome due to brainstem ischaemia is presented. The case emphasises the importance of attempting to establish the aetiology of this syndrome--in this case infarction secondary to spontaneous vertebralartery dissection--when making therapeutic decisions.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Larner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudge
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis