title: Images Diagnosis and Emergent Endovascular Treatment of Acute Hemorrhagic Basilar Artery Dissection: A Case Report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Basilar artery dissection (BAD) is a rare but possibly fatal disease with specific neuroimage findings. The management of BAD varies. This report describes a case with hemorrhagic BAD treated by endovascular stent-assisted coil embolization.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report an 82-year-old case of acute mid basilar artery dissection complicated with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and hydrocephalus, which was diagnosed by complete neuroimage surveys including computed tomography angiography (CTA), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), and digital subtraction angiography (DSA). She was then successfully treated by endovascular stent-assisted coil embolization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By modern sophisticated neuroimages, BAD could be diagnosed. Endovascular treatment with stent-assisted coil embolization can be a safe and efficacious choice for relatively poor surgical indicated patients with hemorrhagic BAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital.
authors.forename: Chia-Ju
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Changhua Christian Hospital.
authors.forename: Kwo-Whei
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Changhua Christian Hospital.
authors.forename: Wei-Liang
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital.
authors.forename: Chun-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D015607:Stents; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy