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Anomalous vertebral artery-induced cervical cord compression causing severe nape pain. Case report
K Watanabe1, K Hasegawa, K Takano
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata City, Japan.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|July 17, 2001
Abstract:
The authors describe a very rare case of cervical cord compression caused by anomalous bilateral vertebral arteries (VAs). A 65-year-old woman had been suffering from intractable nape pain and torticollis. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a signal void region in which spinal cord compression was present. Angiography demonstrated anomalous bilateral VAs compressing the spinal cord. Microvascular decompressive surgery was successfully performed. Neuroradiological and intraoperative findings are presented.