Massive Pontine Hemorrhagic Infarction Associated with Embolic Basilar Artery Occlusion

Kazumi KIMURA; Jun OGATA; Kazuo MINEMATSU; Masahiro YASAKA; Takenori YAMAGUCHI

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.40.658

Kazumi KIMURA, Jun OGATA, Kazuo MINEMATSU, Masahiro YASAKA, Takenori YAMAGUCHI

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Keywords: cardiogenic embolism, haemorrhagic transformation, basilarization, an autopsy case

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2001 Volume 40 Issue 7 Pages 658-661

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.40.658

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Abstract

We report here an autopsy case of massive pontine hemorrhagic infarction secondary to embolic basilar artery occlusion. A large embolus appeared to have traversed the vertebral artery into the basilar artery as a result of basilarization of the vertebral artery due to severe stenosis of the contralateral vertebral artery. Extensive ischemia due to embolic occlusion of the entire length of the basilar artery, and migration of the embolus are assumed to have resulted in a massive pontine hemorrhagic infarction.
(Internal Medicine 40: 658-661, 2001)

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