Aberrant vertebral artery course in a case of Chiari malformation and occipitoatlantal assimilation. Case report.
tThe authors report an unusual case of a patient with combined vertebral artery and Chiari malformation anomalies. Unless such anomalies are properly recognized prior to decompression and fusion, this condition can have grave surgical consequences. The diagnostic and surgery-related implications of such anomalous codiseases are discussed.
Hotta
Shinji
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Morita
Akio
A
Seichi
Atsushi
A
Kirino
Takaaki
T
D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D001863:Bone Screws; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*