Posterior cervical spinal cord infarction following vertebral artery dissection

Neurology. 1997 Apr;48(4):1112-5. doi: 10.1212/wnl.48.4.1112.

Abstract

There are only two reported cases of unilateral posterior cervical spinal cord infarction as a result of vertebral artery dissection. We describe the first reported case of bilateral posterior spinal cord infarction caused by vertebral artery dissection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Infarction / diagnosis
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neck
  • Spinal Cord / blood supply*
  • Vertebral Artery*