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Recurrent cerebellar infarction due to vertebral artery dissection in an athetotic patient
Author(s) -
Oono Miki,
Nodera Hiroyuki,
Sanada Mitsuru,
Iizuka Hideaki,
Kawahara Norio,
Matsui Makoto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neurology and clinical neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
0ISSN - 2049-4173
DOI - 10.1111/ncn3.12500
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebral artery dissection , vertebral artery , neck pain , dissection (medical) , infarction , surgery , cerebral palsy , posterior inferior cerebellar artery , cervical spine , spinal fusion , palsy , cervical vertebrae , cardiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , myocardial infarction , alternative medicine , pathology
A 42‐year‐old man with longstanding athetotic‐type cerebral palsy and history of cervical spine fusion surgery was affected by multiple episodes of vertebral artery dissections, resulting in bilateral cerebellar infarction. Continuous involuntary movements noted in the upper limbs and neck, as well as a limited cervical range of motion due to the operation might have precipitated the dissecting events.