title: Posterior circulation stroke after bronchial artery embolization.
abstract: We report on a 66-year-old woman with a posterior circulation stroke that occurred after bronchial artery embolization (BAE) due to post-tuberculous bronchiectasis. Stroke is a rare complication of BAE and is usually thought to be caused by inadvertent embolization via a bronchial artery-pulmonary vein shunt. However, the possibility of thromboembolic stroke should be considered, because of the patient's possible underlying anatomical variations or atherothrombosis.
authors: Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, 697-24 Hwajeong-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 412-270, Korea. neurocraft@kd.ac.kr
authors: Jong-Ho
authors: JH
authors: Park
authors: Dong-Sun
authors: DS
authors: Kim
authors: Ji Sun
authors: JS
authors: Kwon
authors: Dae-Hyun
authors: DH
authors: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications