Basilar artery fenestration - correlative MRI and neurosonographic study
- 1. M-Tech Diagnostic Laboratory, Imaging MRI Laboratory, Pirogov, Sofia, Radiology Department, National Cardiology Hospital, Sofia (Bulgaria)
- 2. Clinic of Vascular Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Sofia (Bulgaria)
- 3. Clinic of Functional Diagnostics of Nervous System, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Medical Faculty of Sofia University 'St. Kl. Ohridski', Sofia (Bulgaria)
- 4. M-Tech Diagnostic Laboratory, Imaging MRI Laboratory, Pirogov, Sofia, Radiology Department, Emergency Hospital 'Pirogov', Sofia (Bulgaria)
Description
The aim of the study is to demonstrate a rare case of congenital basilar artery fenestration using neuroimaging methods. A 58-year-old man with an isolated lesion of the right n. oculomotorius was examined with brain MRI/MRA and multimodal neurosonography. A typical fenestration was detected on MRA in the proximal portion of the basilar artery immediately after the fusion of the vertebral arteries, it was correlated with ultrasound pattern - a parallel blood flow image and retrograde flow velocity curves were obtained from the fenestrated segments of a. basilaris. Imaging (MRI/MPA and ultrasonic) methods are useful for non-invasive diagnosis of basilar artery fenestration, which in the past was proved only by conventional cerebral angiography or autopsy. (authors) Key words: Fenestration. Basilar Artery. MRI. NEUROSONOGRAPHY
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Bulgarian)
- Фенестрация на базиларната артерия - корелатибни МРТ и невросонографски изследвания
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Rentgenologiya i Radiologiya
- Journal Volume
- 54
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 172-175
- ISSN
- 0486-400X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Bulgaria
- Country of Input or Organization
- Bulgaria
- INIS RN
- 47071002
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARTERIES; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN; CONGENITAL DISEASES; MAN; NMR IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; MAMMALS; MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIOLOGY; VERTEBRATES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 5 figs., 1 tab., 13 refs.