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BMJ Case Reports 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.11.2008.1238
  • Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury

Vertebral artery dissection presenting as isolated vertigo

  1. Neil Rane1,
  2. Duncan Mcauley2
  1. 1
    Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK
  2. 2
    Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  1. Neil J Rane, nr230{at}cam.ac.uk
  • Published 10 May 2009

Summary

In this report a central cause of isolated vertigo in a 24-year-old woman is presented: brainstem infarct secondary to vertebral artery dissection.

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