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Isolated Basilar Artery Occlusion Associated with a Clivus Fracture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Abhijit Guha ,
Mahmood Fazl  and
Perry W. Cooper
Abhijit Guha
Affiliation:
Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Mahmood Fazl*
Affiliation:
Div. of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Medical Centre, University of Toronto
Perry W. Cooper
Affiliation:
Div. of Neuroradiology, Sunnybrook Medical Centre, University of Toronto
*
Div. of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Medical Center, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Ste. A-1038, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
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Abstract:

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Most vascular injuries to the brain secondary to blunt head trauma involve the internal carotid circulation. A case of isolated basilar occlusion secondary to a clival fracture is described and compared to three other cases in the literature.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 1989 , pp. 81 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1989

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