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Case Report
Neurovascular Compression of The Left Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla: Clinic Findings
and Surgical Result
1
Departments of Neurosurgery, Özel Bilgi Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2Departments of
Neurosurgery, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul,
Turkey
3Departments of Neurology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa
Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
4Departments of Radiology, Ufuk University, Ankara,
Turkey
5Departments of Neurosurgery, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey
Summary
Key words:
Sol Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla'nın Nörovasküler Basısı: Klinik Bulgular ve Cerrahi
Sonuç
Anahtar Kelimeler:
INTRODUCTION
Figure 1: On axial sections 3D-fiesta images showed a
widened and elongated basilar artery (arrow). Figure 2: The left facial nerve is compressed and displaced by the elongated basilar artery.
Figure 3: Three dimensional MRA images after intravenous contrast injection shows marked elongation and curved aspect of the basilar artery.
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The Online Journal of Neurological
Sciences (Turkish) 1984-2013
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