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The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 5 (2019): Issue 3 (July 2019)
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Locked-In Syndrome Following Cervical Manipulation by a Chiropractor: A Case Report
Guillaume Giordano Orsini
Guillaume Giordano Orsini
,
Giorgios-Emmanouil Metaxas
Giorgios-Emmanouil Metaxas
and
Vincent Legros
Vincent Legros
| Aug 09, 2019
The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 5 (2019): Issue 3 (July 2019)
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Article Category:
Case Report
Published Online:
Aug 09, 2019
Page range:
107 - 110
Received:
Aug 25, 2018
Accepted:
May 22, 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2019-0014
Keywords
locked-in syndrome
,
stroke
,
vertebral artery dissection
,
thrombectomy
© 2019 Guillaume Giordano Orsini, Giorgios-Emmanouil Metaxas, Vincent Legros, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
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.