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Pure Motor Stroke Due to Vertebral Artery Dissection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Stephen J. Phillips ,
William J. Maloney  and
Jean Gray
Stephen J. Phillips*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Camp Hill Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax
William J. Maloney
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Victoria General Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax
Jean Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Camp Hill Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax
*
Department of Medicine, Camp Hill Hospital, 1763 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3G2
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A 39-year-old man presented with a pure motor stroke 9 days after cervical chiropractic manipulation. Computerised tomographic scanning showed a pontine infarct. Cerebral angiography showed changes consistent with the diagnosis of bilateral vertebral artery dissection. It is postulated that the infarct resulted from artery-to-artery embolism.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , August 1989 , pp. 348 - 351
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1989

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