Takahashi I, Kaneko S, Asaoka K, Harada T
Department of Neurosurgery, Iwamizawa Municipal General Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Neuroradiology. 1994 May;36(4):273-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00593258.
We present a patient with vertebrobasilar insufficiency, with vertigo and horizontal nystagmus, induced by turning the head to the right. Angiography demonstrated transient occlusion of the left vertebral artery at the atlantoaxial joint during rotation of the head. The pathogenesis and angiographic findings are discussed.