title: Subclavian steal syndrome like appearance resulting from a vertebral artery origin stenosis: a case report.
abstract: Partial steal has been regarded as a classic ultrasound appearance of subclavian steal syndrome. We report a case with the vertebral artery origin stenosis and intact subclavian artery, which showed the similar partial steal ultrasound features. The following computerized tomography angiography confirmed the stenosis. Therefore, when an alternating flow in the vertebral artery is detected, the investigation of its origin must be performed besides the ipsilateral subclavian artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, First Hospital, JiLin University, China. heyu3367@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chun-rong
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yi-xuan
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yan-bing
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*