RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Traumatic basilar artery entrapment with patency of pontine perforators and absence of significant brainstem infarction: report of an unusual case
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr2016012558
DO 10.1136/bcr-2016-012558
VO 2016
A1 Stefan Kliesch
A1 Christian Bauknecht
A1 Georg Bohner
A1 Thomas Liebig
A1 Eberhard Siebert
YR 2016
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2016/bcr-2016-012558.abstract
AB We report a rare case of entrapment of the basilar artery into the sphenoid bone caused by a longitudinal fracture of the clivus. Using high resolution three-dimensional flat panel angiography, we show preservation of the basilar artery perforators in spite of severe stenosis of the entrapped segment of the basilar artery. There were no obvious signs and symptoms of posterior fossa stroke clinically or radiographically as far as could be assessed under given clinical circumstances.