PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Axel Scherer
AU  - Mario Siebler
AU  - Albrecht Aulich
TI  - Virtual Arterial Endoscopy as a Diagnostic Aid in a Patient with Basilar Artery Fenestration and Thromboembolic Pontine Infarct
DP  - 2002 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1237--1239
VI  - 23
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/7/1237.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/7/1237.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2002 Aug 01; 23
AB  - Summary: Focal signal intensity loss of the basilar artery on MR angiograms obtained in a 69-year-old man was considered to be caused by an embolus, and thrombolytic therapy was initiated. On the follow-up MR angiograms, the same oval signal intensity loss of the basilar artery was observed. On the basis of a virtual endoscopic look into the basilar artery, the diagnosis of a rare vascular anomaly—a fenestration of the basilar artery—was confirmed and the presence of a thrombus at the site of the signal intensity loss was excluded.