title: Endovascular treatment of basilar artery stenosis due to cerebral vasculopathy related to neurofibromatosis (NF1).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cerebrovascular lesions are uncommon in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of 34-year-old man with NF1 who developed posterior circulation stroke. Diffusion-weighted imaging showed acute infarcts in the right vertebra basilar artery territory. Digital subtraction angiography demonstrated significant stenosis of the basilar artery in the mid segment that was identified as the etiology of the symptoms. The vertebral arteries were tortuous and the basilar artery was ectatic. Subsequently endeavour resolute stent was placed across the lesion and post-procedure angiogram showed resolution of stenosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Selective stenotic involvement of the basilar artery with ectatic vertebrobasilar circulation associated with NF1, which was successfully treated with endovascular method, was not been reported previously to our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alurkar
authors.affiliation: King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Lakshmi Sudha
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Prasanna Karanam
authors.affiliation: King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oak
keywords: basilar artery; neurofibromatosis; stent; stroke