Open AccessVertigo and Ischemic Stroke after Hyperextension (Beauty Parlour Stroke syndrome)
Author(s) -
Bünyamin Tosunoğlu,
Sultan Merve Ünal,
Seyfi Emre Aksoy,
Tahır Kurtulus Yoldas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta medica lituanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-4174
pISSN - 1392-0138
DOI - 10.15388/amed.2022.29.2.2
Subject(s) - vertigo , medicine , stroke (engine) , ischemic stroke , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , surgery , ischemia , engineering , mechanical engineering
Beauty parlour stroke syndrome is a stroke syndrome that occurs secondary to hyperextension of the neck due to compression of the vertebral artery in the atlanto-occipital region. It was first defined as "pearl beauty stroke syndrome" in 1992 by Weintraub et al. Vertigo syndrome caused by cervical region pathologies, bad posture of the neck and/or trauma [1]. We present a young, 23-year-old patient who has no disease, no trauma history nor substance-drug use. He was diagnosed with vertigo that started after going to the barber's and then had an infarction in the cerebellum.