Vertebral Artery Stenosis Caused by Cervical Osteophyte: A Rare and Reversible Cause of Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency. Case Report

Vertebral Artery Stenosis Caused by Cervical Osteophyte: A Rare and Reversible Cause of Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency. Case Report

Bow Hunter syndrome manifests when the vertebral artery is compressed following head rotation. Symptomatic compression with vertebral artery stenosis due to cervical osteophytes is a rare cause and occurs due to a progressive degenerative process. In most cases, compression originates anteromedially...

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Main Authors: Pedro Nogarotto Cembraneli, Julia Brasileiro de Faria Cavalcante, Renata Brasileiro de Faria Cavalcante, Italo Nogarotto Cembraneli, Leonardo Taveira Lopes, José Edison da Silva Cavalcante, Alessandro Fonseca Cardoso, Chrystiano Fonseca Cardoso, Marco Antônio Zanini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2024-12-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
vertebral artery
vertebrobasilar insufficiency
osteophyte
Bow Hunter's Syndrome
artéria vertebral
insuficiência vertebrobasilar
osteófito
Síndrome de Bow Hunter
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1795135
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