BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There have been inconsistencies on the prognosis and
controversies as to the proper management of acute basilar artery dissection. The aim of this …

Object. Little is understood about the clinical manifestations of basilar artery (BA)
dissections, which can present with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), brainstem …

Background: Current knowledge on primary or isolated basilar artery dissection (IBAD) is
limited to case vignettes and small patient series. Objective: To delineate the frequency and …

Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) causing brainstem infarction occurred in a 7-year-old boy
without any basic disorders. A diagnosis of BAO due to basilar artery dissection (BAD) was …

We have reviewed initial diagnostic features, treatment, and outcome in 29 patients with
acute subarachnoid hemorrhage due to non-traumatic vertebrobasilar artery dissection …

Sixteen patients with the diagnosis of vertebral or basilar artery dissection who were
admitted at the Seoul National University Hospital from 1972 to 1996 are described. During …

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the long-term clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of
symptomatic intracranial unruptured vertebrobasilar artery dissection (siu-VBD). Methods: A …

We report a case of a dissecting basilar artery aneurysm, which presented with
subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 34-year-old woman. Although the natural history has been …

Background and purpose: Dissections and dissecting aneurysms involving the basilar artery
(BA) are rare lesions with a poor prognosis, and controversies exist on treatment strategy …

Introduction. Haemorrhagic intracranial vertebrobasilar dissection is an uncommon cause of
nontraumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and accounts for only 1–10% of non …