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ArticleNMC case report journal2017

Surgical Treatment of Rotational Vertebral Artery Syndrome Induced by Spinal Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Shoichi Haimoto, Yusuke Nishimura, Masahito Hara, Yuu Yamamoto, Toshiki Fukuoka, Ryuichi Fukuyama, Toshihiko Wakabayashi, Howard J Ginsberg

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Article in NMC case report journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shoichi HaimotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Yusuke NishimuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Masahito HaraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Inazawa Municipal Hospital, Inazawa, Aichi, Japan.
Yuu YamamotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Toshiki FukuokaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Ryuichi FukuyamaDivision of Pathology, Konan Kosei Hospital, Konan, Aichi, Japan.
Toshihiko WakabayashiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Howard J GinsbergDivision of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Nagoya University · JPKanazawa City Hospital · JPKonan Kosei Hospital · JPUniversity of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) provoked by physiological head rotation is known as rotational vertebral artery syndrome (RVAS) or Bow Hunter syndrome. RVAS most often occurs at C1-2 level with head rotation and presents with symptoms of VBI. Several previously published studies have reported RVAS at subaxial sites (V2 segment), however, tumor-induced RVAS has never been reported. The authors report the first case of RVAS at V2 segment due to compression from a spinal tumor. A 71-year-old man presented with symptoms of dizziness provoked by head rotation or neck extension. computed tomography (CT) angiography and dynamic cerebral angiography revealed circumferential stenosis with neutral neck position and complete occlusion of the left dominant vertebral artery (VA) at C5 level with his neck extended or rotated to the left. Complete neurological recovery was achieved after removal of a spinal osteochondroma and surgical decompression of the left VA via an anterior approach. Spinal tumors should be included in the differential diagnosis in cases of RVAS. Spinal degenerations or sarcomatous transformation of the tumor could lead to clinical manifestations of RVAS in cases with spinal osteochondroma. Complete removal of the tumor with or without spinal fusion would be the treatment of choice, in addition to medical treatment in the cases of acute stroke.

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anterior approachrotational vertebral artery syndromespinal osteochondromasubaxial spinevertebrobasilar insufficiency

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PMCPMC5629353
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