Extreme Duplication-type, Nonseparated Fenestration of the Basilar Artery in a Patient with Pontine Infarction: Confirmation with Virtual Arterial Endoscopy.
We present a case of a 55-year-old woman with pontine infarction and fenestration of the basilar artery that was demonstrated using virtual endoscopy. The patient had motor weakness of the right side with sudden onset. Diffusion- and T2-weighted MR images revealed high signal intensities in the left pontine regions, and an MR angiographic examination showed the double-lumen sign of the basilar artery. An extensive duplication-type, nonseparated fenestration of the basilar artery was diagnosed by virtual endoscopy and craniocaudal communications with discrete openings were observed. We report a case of a patient with basilar artery fenestration and associated brainstem infarction.
Woo
Seong-Ryong
SR
Department of Neurology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
Seo
Man-Wook
MW
Kim
Young-Hyun
YH
Kwak
Hyo-Sung
HS
Han
Young-Min
YM
Chung
Gyung-Ho
GH
Jeong
Seul-Ki
SK
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