title: Detection of basilar artery dissection by ultrasound.
abstract: We report a case of a 45-year-old woman with unusual headache 1 week before admission. After cerebrovascular ultrasound, a basilar artery dissection was supposed despite the normal neurologic, cerebrospinal fluid, and computed tomography findings. On a follow-up color-coded duplex sonography (1 month after the onset), reperfusion was detected in the vertebral and basilar arteries, but residual high-grade stenosis of the basilar artery was also present.
authors: Department of Neurology, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Yoanna-ISUL", Sofia, Bulgaria. Electronic address: iruschev@yahoo.com.
authors: Evguenia
authors: E
authors: Vassileva
authors: Department of Radiology, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Yoanna-ISUL", Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors: Plamen
authors: P
authors: Getsov
authors: Department of Neurology, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Yoanna-ISUL", Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors: Evgenii
authors: E
authors: Vavrek
authors: Department of Neurology, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Yoanna-ISUL", Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors: Marin
authors: M
authors: Daskalov
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Basilar artery dissection; cerebrovascular ultrasound; stroke; young adults