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[Basilar artery aneurysm: report of a case]
A Toledano1, T Onrubia, C Herráiz
1Unidad de Otorrinolaringología, Audiología, Fundación Hospital Alcorcón, Avda. Villaviciosa s/n, 28921 Alcorcón, Madrid. atoledano@fhalcorcon.es
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola
|December 16, 2003
Abstract:
We present a case of a patient with vertigo, disequilibrium and facial palsy. Nistagmus features pointed to a diagnosis of central vertigo. MRI showed a basilar aneurysm that compressed the brain stem and caused a stroke. We review the diagnosis.