Basilar Artery Stenosis and Thrombosis
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Basilar artery thrombosis diagnosed by MR imaging.
Dysarthria, headache, and numbness on the left side developed suddenly in a 70-year-old woman with a history of hypertension , diabetes, and posterior fossa transient ischemic attacks. In 48 hours, the patient became stuporous and had left hemiparesis. On arrival , she was comatose, with pupils in midposition and light-fixed; oculocephalic responses were unobtainable. CT was negative. MR showed...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1954
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591575404700411