Occipital Bone Abnormality Causing Recurrent Posterior Circulation Strokes | Zendy

Carolyn Cronin | Zendy; E. François Aldrich | Zendy; Steven J. Kittner | Zendy

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Occipital Bone Abnormality Causing Recurrent Posterior Circulation Strokes

Author(s) -

Carolyn Cronin,

E. François Aldrich,

Steven J. Kittner

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.612176

Subject(s) - medicine , occiput , abnormality , vertebral artery , radiology , stroke (engine) , embolization , etiology , occipital bone , surgery , anatomy , mechanical engineering , skull , psychiatry , engineering

We report the case of a young man with recurrent posterior circulation strokes over the course of 6 years. Standard stroke evaluation was unremarkable until careful review of catheter angiogram and CT angiogram images revealed a bony protuberance from the occiput impinging on the left vertebral artery. Local vessel injury with thrombosis and distal embolization is the presumed etiology of the recurrent infarcts. Surgical removal of this developmental anomaly was accomplished, with no subsequent neurological events.

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