Intracranial arterial dolichoectasia involving both the vertebro-basilar and carotid systems: A case report

Author

Ying Chang ; Xue-mei Han ; Song-yan Liu ; Kai-liang Cheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Neurology, Jilin Univ., Changchun, China

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1182

Lastpage

1185

Abstract

Intracranial arterial dolichoectasia (IADE) is a cerebral vascular disease characterized by ectatic, extended and zigzag brain artery. It affects more frequently the posterior circulation system (vertebro-basilar system). Involvement of both the posterior and anterior circulation system (carotid systems) is rare. Here, we report a 71-year-old man who suffered from paroxysmal vertigo and diplopia. He was diagnosed as IADE by brain CT scan, MRI and CTA. This patient presented dolichoectasia involving both the basilar and carotid artery systems.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; blood vessels; brain; computerised tomography; diseases; CTA analysis; IADEdisease; MRI analysis; age 71 yr; anterior circulation system; brain CT scan; carotid system; cerebral vascular disease; diplopia; ectatic brain artery; extended brain artery; intracranial arterial dolichoectasia; paroxysmal vertigo; posterior circulation system; vertebro-basilar system; zigzag brain artery; Bifurcation; Carotid arteries; Computed tomography; Diseases; Hemorrhaging; Nervous system; basilar artery; dolichoectasia; internal carotid artery; transient ischemic attack;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human Health and Biomedical Engineering (HHBE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jilin

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-723-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HHBE.2011.6029038

Filename

6029038