title: Aberrant vertebral artery course in a case of Chiari malformation and occipitoatlantal assimilation. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seichi
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirino
mesh_terms: 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*