Pure motor hemiparesis in a case of vertebrobasilar arterial ectasia

Neuroradiology. 1993;35(3):196-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00588492.

Abstract

A case of pure motor hemiparesis due to a pontine lacunar infarct is reported. Infarction was related to vertebrobasilar ectasia identified on CT, MRI and MR angiography. MR studies provide accurate information on anatomical location, residual lumen, partial thrombosis, mass effect on brain stem and CSF pathways and vascular complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm / complications
  • Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Basilar Artery / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / complications*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
  • Hemiplegia / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Pons / pathology
  • Vertebral Artery / pathology
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / complications*
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / diagnosis*