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- Title
Compression of both vertebral arteries during neck extension: a new type of vertebral artery compression syndrome.
- Authors
Yun, So-Yeon; Lee, Ju Young; Kwon, Eun-Jin; Jung, Cheolkyu; Yang, Xu; Kim, Ji-Soo
- Abstract
The vertebral artery (VA) may be compressed during lateral head rotation or tilt, causing vertigo, tinnitus, nystagmus and syncope due to compromise of the blood flow in the vertebrobasilar artery territory [[1]-[3]]. In this rotational VA occlusion (RVAO), patients typically have a stenosis or hypoplasia of VA on one side and the dominant VA is compressed at the C1-2 level during contraversive head rotation [[3]-[5]]. Rotational vertebral artery syndrome due to compression of nondominant vertebral artery terminating in posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
- Subjects
VERTEBRAL artery; CRUSH syndrome; NECK; BENIGN paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Publication
Journal of Neurology, 2020, Vol 267, Issue 1, p276
- ISSN
0340-5354
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00415-019-09576-7