title: Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Causing An Optic Tract Syndrome.
abstract: Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) is characterized by significant dilation, elongation, and tortuosity of the vertebrobasilar system. We present a unique case of VBD, confirmed by neuroimaging studies, showing vascular compression of the right optic tract and lower cranial nerves leading to an incongruous left homonymous inferior quadrantanopia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
authors.affiliation: Medical Scientist Training Program (BBH), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (WCG, NHK, GPVS) and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (JAG), Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Brandon B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Wesley C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Nathan H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Joel A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Goebel
authors.forename: Gregory P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Van Stavern
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020435:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D065866:Optic Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013577:Syndrome; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis