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Dysplastic Vertebral Artery With Paradoxical Infarction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Bernadette Curry  and
Anders A.F. Sima
Bernadette Curry*
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Anders A.F. Sima
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
*
Division of Neuropathology, Banting Institute, 100 College Street, Toronto, Canada, M5G 1L5
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A rare abnormality of the vertebral artery is described in a 63-yearold male. The right vertebral artery consisted of several minute endothelial lined channels which failed to perfuse at autopsy. The anterior spinal artery showed areas of muscular media dysplasia. These anomalies were associated with large posterior communicating arteries. The terminal event was precipitated by thrombotic occlusion of the left vertebral artery. The embryological aspect of these anomalies are discussed.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 313 - 316
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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