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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.

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.

Fig. 3

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.
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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