Cho Tae-Hee, Berthezene Yves, Mechtouff Laura, Derex Laurent, Nighoghossian Norbert
Department of Stroke Medicine, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université de Lyon CREATIS; CNRS UMR5220; Inserm U1044; INSA-Lyon; Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
J Neuroimaging. 2015 Jan-Feb;25(1):131-2. doi: 10.1111/jon.12048. Epub 2013 Sep 3.
Basilar artery stenosis where flow restriction constitutes the main pathomechanism are exceptional. Here, we report a case where the lesion progression was characterized by watershed infarct between the anterior inferior-superior cerebellar arteries and deep pontine arteries, indicating a significant hemodynamic impairment.