Open AccessBow hunter’s syndrome successfully treated with a posterior surgical decompression approach: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Niccolò Orlandi,
Francesco Cavallieri,
Ilaria Grisendi,
António Romano,
Reza Ghadirpour,
Manuela Napoli,
Claudio Moratti,
Matteo Zanichelli,
Rosario Pascarella,
Franco Valzania,
Marialuisa Zedde
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4494
Subject(s) - medicine , vertigo , vertebrobasilar insufficiency , vertebral artery , presyncope , nystagmus , posterior inferior cerebellar artery , neck pain , blurred vision , diplopia , magnetic resonance imaging , basilar artery , magnetic resonance angiography , surgery , radiology , heart rate , alternative medicine , pathology , blood pressure
Bow hunter's syndrome (BHS) is a rare but surgically treatable cause of vertebrobasilar insufficiency due to dynamic rotational occlusion of the vertebral artery. Typically, patients present with posterior circulation transient ischaemic symptoms such as presyncope, syncope, vertigo, diplopia, and horizontal nystagmus, but irreversible deficits, including medullary and cerebellar infarctions, have also been described.