Why does my patient’s basilar artery continue to grow? A four-year case study of a patient with symptoms of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia

摘要

BackgroundVertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) is a clinical entity associated with ischemic stroke, compression of cranial nerves or brainstem, and hydrocephalus. There have been relatively few studies following the progression of VBD in patients presenting with a variety of diverse clinical features.