Bono Beatrice C, Riva Marco, Pessina Federico
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele-Milan, Italy.
Neurosurgery Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milan, Italy.
Asian J Neurosurg. 2023 Mar 31;18(1):206-209. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1763527. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Non-traumatic vertebrobasilar stroke syndrome is rare. Many etiological mechanisms have been described over the years, with the dynamic occlusion of one vertebral artery following head rotation (RVAO) being one of them. We report the case of a patient undergoing surgery for supratentorial metastasis, who postoperatively developed a cerebellar ischemic stroke secondary to RVAO. Postoperative imaging showed a right hypoplastic VA; so, a transient occlusive mechanism was thought to be responsible for the postoperative cerebellar stroke. Although rare, RVAO can occur following head rotation during patient positioning for neurosurgical procedures.
非创伤性椎基底动脉卒中综合征较为罕见。多年来已描述了许多病因机制,其中一种是头部旋转后一侧椎动脉动态闭塞(RVAO)。我们报告了1例接受幕上转移瘤手术的患者,术后因RVAO继发小脑缺血性卒中。术后影像学检查显示右侧椎动脉发育不全;因此,短暂性闭塞机制被认为是术后小脑卒中的原因。尽管罕见,但在神经外科手术患者体位摆放过程中头部旋转后可能发生RVAO。