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Top of Basilar syndrome

Bilgehan Demir(malatya education and traning hospital emergency medicine clinic)0000-0003-3458-2398
Pages
10–11
Publication Date
2024-03-29
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Clinicians need to be careful about BTS, which has symptoms such as sudden mood swings, personality changes and behavioral disorders

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Objective & Hypothesis:Top of Basilar syndrome(BTS) is defined as ischemia of the areas fed by the distal basilar artery (brainstem, thalamus, cerebellum, temporal and occipital region).
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Key Findings & Data:Beginning symptoms include epileptic seizures, decreased speech and inappropriate laughter, and hallucinations.
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Conclusion & Impact:Clinicians need to be careful about BTS, which has symptoms such as sudden mood swings, personality changes and behavioral disorders
🔬Design:Olgu Sunumu
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:hallucinations · distal basilar artery · oculomotor disorders

Abstract

Top of Basilar syndrome(BTS) is defined as ischemia of the areas fed by the distal basilar artery (brainstem, thalamus, cerebellum, temporal and occipital region). It shows many different symptoms. Usually visual and oculomotor disorders, changes of mind, speech disorders, seizures and hallucinations are observed. Beginning symptoms include epileptic seizures, decreased speech and inappropriate laughter, and hallucinations. This our article is that prensentation of neurological analysis in the management of cases with sudden behavioral disorders. A patient diagnosed with BTS with rare symptoms is presented. Clinicians need to be careful about BTS, which has symptoms such as sudden mood swings, personality changes and behavioral disorders

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Demir, B. (2024). Top of Basilar syndrome. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports, Cilt: 15 Sayı: 1, 10–11. https://doi.org/10.33706/jemcr.1400820

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