title: Intractable vomiting caused by vertebral artery compressing the medulla: A case report.
abstract: Vertebral artery compressing the medulla and causing intractable vomiting has only been reported once previously. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman with intractable nausea and vomiting causing a 50 pound weight loss and who failed medical management and whose symptoms were completely reversed following microvascular decompression (MVD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gorton
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ashour
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
authors.forename: Jonathon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lebovitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cosola Di
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
authors.forename: Saleem I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Abdulrauf
keywords: Aneurysm; MVD; intractable vomiting; medulla; vertebral artery aneurysm; vertebral artery dissection; vomiting