Basilar artery occlusion caused by thrombosis of atherosclerotic fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery.
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 25 (5) , 1068-1070
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.25.5.1068
Abstract
Basilar artery occlusion caused by thrombosis of atherosclerotic fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery is rare. We present a case confirmed by 6 years of follow-up and autopsy. A 63-year-old man suffered from brain stem infarction. Computed tomography and angiography showed a fusiform aneurysm on the proximal portion of the basilar artery. At the time of the third attack 5 years later, complete thrombosis of the aneurysm was found, and the proximal basilar artery was occluded. On autopsy, an atherosclerotic aneurysm 15 mm in diameter was found. A large atherosclerotic fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery often causes brain stem infarction and involves a risk of complete thrombosis of the aneurysm and subsequent parent artery occlusion.Keywords
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