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. 1983 Feb;46(2):126–129. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.46.2.126

Basilar artery dissection.

S F Berkovic, R L Spokes, R M Anderson, P F Bladin
PMCID: PMC1027294  PMID: 6842215

Abstract

Dissection of the basilar artery caused sudden coma and death in a 40-year-old man. Atypical clinical features were explained at necropsy. A ventral dissection of the artery within its outer layers resulted in destruction of the pontine tegmentum with sparing of the basis pontis. An unsuspected defect in the internal elastic lamina in the left internal carotid artery was also found suggesting a more generalised disorder of arterial walls. Basilar artery dissection should be considered in the diagnosis of coma in young people.

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