| Literature DB >> 19021833 |
Kozue Saito1, Makito Hirano, Toshiaki Taoka, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Takanori Kitauchi, Emi Tanizawa, Koichi Yoshida, Yoshihiko Sakurai, Kentaro Tamura, Hiroyuki Nakase, Akira Yoshioka, Toshisuke Sakaki, Kimihiko Kichikawa, Satoshi Ueno.
Abstract
Rotational vertebral artery (VA) occlusion can cause ischemic strokes due to hemodynamic insufficiency and possibly artery-to-artery (A-to-A) embolism. The former is known as bow hunter's stroke. The latter has been proposed only from indirect evidence. We have described a 7-year-old boy with cerebral infarction associated with A-to-A embolism due to repetitive rotational VA occlusion. He had a mobile mural thrombus at the VA occlusion site on head rotation. Surgical treatment may effectively prevent recurrences.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19021833 DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00309.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimaging ISSN: 1051-2284 Impact factor: 2.486