Journals / Turkish Neurosurgery / 2013 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 2

Baziler A rter Sakküler A nevrizmasıy la Birlikte Vertebrobaziler Dolikoektazi Nedeniy le Hemif asiy al Sp azm ve Tekrarlay an İnme: Bir Olg u Sunumu

Hemifacial Spasm and Recurrent Stroke Due to Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Coexisting with Saccular Aneurysm of the Basilar Artery : A Case Report

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Close monitoring and aggressive surgical interventions might be needed for high-risk patients.

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Objective & Hypothesis:We describe a patient presented with sequential events of hemifacial spasm, cerebral infarction and fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Conclusion & Impact:Close monitoring and aggressive surgical interventions might be needed for high-risk patients.
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Abstract

We describe a patient presented with sequential events of hemifacial spasm, cerebral infarction and fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage. All of them are seemingly separate entities. Radiological examination revealed that the cause was vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) coexisting with a giant saccular aneurysm of basilar artery. VBD is a dilatation and elongation of vertebral artery (VA) and basilar artery (BA) which is of different mechanism from saccular aneurysm. The condition is very rare and its progression may result in compression of brainstem and cranial nerves, ischemic and/or hemorrhagic stroke. The treatment of such condition is difficult and further research on the risk stratification of VBD for predicting stroke. Close monitoring and aggressive surgical interventions might be needed for high-risk patients.

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Arka arkaya hemifasiyal spazm, serebral enfarktüs ve ölümcül subaraknoid kanama olaylarıyla gelen bir hastayı tanımlıyoruz. Bunların tümü ayrı olaylar gibi görünüyordu. Radyoloj ik inceleme nedenin baziler arterin dev bir sakküler anevrizmasıyla birlikte vertebrobaziler dolikoektazi (VBD) olduğunu gösterdi. VBD, vertebral arter (VA) ve baziler arterin (BA) dilatasyonu ve uzamasıdır ve mekanizması sakküler anevrizmadan farklıdır. Bu durum çok nadirdir ve ilerlemesi beyin kökü ve kraniyal sinirlerin kompresyonu ve ayrıca iskemik ve/veya hemoraj ik inmeye neden olabilir. Tedavisi zordur ve inme gelişmesini öngörmek açısından VBD risk katmanlandırması için daha fazla araştırma gereklidir. Yüksek riskli hastalarda yakından izleme ve agresif cerrahi girişim gerekebilir.

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YUAN, F., LIN, J., DING, L., CHAO, Y., WENKE, L., HENG, Z. (2013). Baziler A rter Sakküler A nevrizmasıy la Birlikte Vertebrobaziler Dolikoektazi Nedeniy le Hemif asiy al Sp azm ve Tekrarlay an İnme: Bir Olg u Sunumu. Turkish Neurosurgery, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 2, 282–284. https://ajindex.com/articles/404972

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