Fibromuscular dysplasia with dissection of basilar artery presenting as "locked-in-syndrome"

G R Arunodaya; S Vani; S K Shankar; A B Taly; H S Swamy; D Sarala

doi:10.1212/wnl.48.6.1605

Fibromuscular dysplasia with dissection of basilar artery presenting as "locked-in-syndrome"

Neurology. 1997 Jun;48(6):1605-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.48.6.1605.

Authors

G R Arunodaya¹, S Vani, S K Shankar, A B Taly, H S Swamy, D Sarala

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.

PMID: 9191774
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.48.6.1605

Abstract

We report on a young man with fibromuscular dysplasia involving the basilar artery detected at autopsy. He presented with sudden onset of stroke, and the lesion was complicated by thrombosis and dissection of the vessel wall. The organizing thrombotic lesion of the basilar artery was responsible for the ventral pontine infarct that resulted in "locked-in syndrome."

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
Basilar Artery / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Fibromuscular Dysplasia / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Quadriplegia / diagnosis*