[Rotational vertebro-basilar insufficiency secondary to a fibrous band of the longus colli muscle: value of CT spiral angiography diagnosis].
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.
Bacquey
F
F
Service de Neuroradiologie et Radiologie Interventionnelle, Cedex, France.
Hamon
M
M
Coskun
O
O
Coffin
O
O
Joidate
A
A
Courthéoux
P
P
Théron
J
J
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