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Locked-In Syndrome Following Cervical Manipulation by a Chiropractor: A Case Report Cover

Locked-In Syndrome Following Cervical Manipulation by a Chiropractor: A Case Report

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 5 (2019): Issue 3 (July 2019)
By: Guillaume Giordano Orsini,  Giorgios-Emmanouil Metaxas and  Vincent Legros  
Open Access
|Aug 2019

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Fig. 1

A- Cerebral CT showing spontaneous hyperdensity of the right vertebral artery; B- Cerebral MRI with diffusion hypersignal of the pons and in the left cerebellum; C- Cervical T2 FAT-SAT MRI showing a hypersignal in the wall of the third part of the left vertebral artery.
A- Cerebral CT showing spontaneous hyperdensity of the right vertebral artery; B- Cerebral MRI with diffusion hypersignal of the pons and in the left cerebellum; C- Cervical T2 FAT-SAT MRI showing a hypersignal in the wall of the third part of the left vertebral artery.

Fig. 2

Arteriography of the left vertebral and basilar arteries. The upper → shows the lack of basilar artery opacification. The lower → shows the occlusion of the last part of the right vertebral artery. The star shows the tight and irregular aspect of the right vertebral artery.
Arteriography of the left vertebral and basilar arteries. The upper → shows the lack of basilar artery opacification. The lower → shows the occlusion of the last part of the right vertebral artery. The star shows the tight and irregular aspect of the right vertebral artery.

Fig. 3

Arteriography post thrombectomy with complete recanalization of the basilar artery.
Arteriography post thrombectomy with complete recanalization of the basilar artery.

Fig. 4

Total arteriography of the right vertebral and basilar arteries. → show the irregular aspect of the vertebral wall.
Total arteriography of the right vertebral and basilar arteries. → show the irregular aspect of the vertebral wall.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2019-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
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Language: English
Page range: 107 - 110
Submitted on: Aug 25, 2018
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Accepted on: May 22, 2019
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Published on: Aug 9, 2019
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
locked-in syndrome,
stroke,
vertebral artery dissection,
thrombectomy
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Anaesthesiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other

© 2019 Guillaume Giordano Orsini, Giorgios-Emmanouil Metaxas, Vincent Legros, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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