Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) Infarction: Axial CT scans 3 days after presentation. Note the hypodensity in the left occipital lobe in the distribution of the left posterior cerebral artery. This ...

The delay in treatment caused Buckelew to suffer from "locked-in syndrome," a rare neurological condition causing near-total paralysis of his body except for his eyes. At trial in October 2022, ...

An individual in their 30s presented with quadriplegia and coma 7 h after a 30-foot free-fall. Angiography confirmed left vertebral artery dissection causing vertebral artery occlusion (thrombolysis ...

This is how the term locked-in syndrome applies: the patient is conscious but paralysed. Their ability to see, hear, think and feel remains intact – and so they are“locked in” their own body.

For example, a clot in the anterior inferior cerebellar artery may cause ipsilateral (on the same side of the body as the clot) stroke symptoms such as one-sided facial weakness, clumsiness, and pain.

Methods: The Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) was a large prospective, observational registry of consecutive patients who presented with an acute symptomatic BAO. We assessed ...

Basilar artery occlusion infarcts are by far the most common cause of the syndrome, but hemorrhage, trauma and demyelinating lesions are also reported. The first description of the locked-in syndrome ...

ABSTRACT Locked-in syndrome is a neurological condition characterized by tetraplegia, mutism, preservation of vertical eye movement, superior eyelid movement, and intact consciousness, making it ...

Structure The pons is divided into two sections—the pontine tegmentum on the interior part and the basilar pons on the outer part. The basilar pons forms a bulb-like protrusion from the pons that is a ...