Traumatic Basilar Artery Dissection and Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration

Canpolat, Mehmet; Kumandaş, Sefer; Esen, Aydın; Gümüş, Hakan; Per, Hüseyin; Yıldız, Aysel; Köroğlu, Şenol; Coşkun, Abdulhakim

doi:10.5152/etd.2015.140013

Case Report

Traumatic Basilar Artery Dissection and Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration

Mehmet Canpolat ¹ , Sefer Kumandaş ¹ , Aydın Esen ² , Hakan Gümüş ¹ , Hüseyin Per ¹ , Aysel Yıldız ² , Şenol Köroğlu ² , Abdulhakim Coşkun ³

¹Division of Pediatric Neurology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
²Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
³Division of Pediatric Radiology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey

J Clin Pract Res 2015; 37(4): 162-165 DOI: 10.5152/etd.2015.140013

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Abstract

Head trauma is an important health issue during childhood and is the most frequent cause of mortality and morbidity during
this period. Ischemic cerebral infarct following minor head traumas is seen at regions supplied by the middle cerebral artery, while the vertebra–basilar system is involved to a lesser degree. In this manuscript, we presented the case of a 7-month-old boy who presented with hemiparesis following head trauma, in which basilar artery dissection-related infarction and hypertrophic olivary degeneration were detected.

Keywords: Minor head traumas, basilar artery dissection, hypertrophic olivary degeneration