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Giant fusiform aneurysm of the vertebro-basilar artery presenting with stroke

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The authors describe a case of giant fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery presenting with ischemic symptoms. Angiography and CT revealed vertebro-basilar fusiform aneurysmal dilatation. Fusiform vertebro-basilar ancurysm is associated with various complications particularly brain stem infarction. Similar lesions in the literature are reviewed and the relationship between this clinical entity and cerebral ischemia, particularly brainstem infarction are discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

    Faruk İldan, Erdal Çetinalp, Hüseyin Bagdatoglu, Bülent Boyar, Ziya Uzuneyüpoglu & Aşkin Karadayi

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İldan, F., Çetinalp, E., Bagdatoglu, H. et al. Giant fusiform aneurysm of the vertebro-basilar artery presenting with stroke. Neurosurg. Rev. 18, 135–138 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00417671

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