title: [Rotational vertebro-basilar insufficiency secondary to a fibrous band of the longus colli muscle: value of CT spiral angiography diagnosis].
abstract: The authors report a case of rotational vertebro-basilar insufficiency causing "drop-attacks". To our knowledge, it is the first case of extraluminal vertebral artery compression caused by a fibrous band of the longus colli muscle, demonstrated by spiral computed tomographic angiography with volume rendering reformation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie et Radiologie Interventionnelle, Cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacquey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamon
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coffin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joidate
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courthéoux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Théron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000592:standards*; D005355:Fibrosis; D019416:Head Movements; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012399:Rotation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery