Vertebrobasilar insufficiency secondary to vertebral artery occlusion from a fibrous band

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Timothy MapstoneDivision of Neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio

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Robert F. SpetzlerDivision of Neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio

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581–583
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Volume 56: Issue 4
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1982.56.4.0581
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✓ A case is described in which vertebral artery occlusion, caused by a fibrous band, occurred whenever the patient turned his head to the right side, resulting in vertigo and syncope whenever the head was turned to the right. Release of a fibrous band crossing the vertebral artery 2 cm from its origin relieved the patient's vertebral artery constriction and symptoms.

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