Vertigo and upside down vision due to an infarct in the territory of the medial branch of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery caused by dissection of a vertebral artery

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1992 Mar;55(3):188-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.3.188.

Abstract

A 48 year old woman developed an acute vestibular syndrome associated with upside down vision a few hours after minor cervical trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an ischaemic lesion in the territory of the medial branch of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. An arteriogram showed a dissection of the left extracranial vertebral artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebellum / blood supply*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Head Injuries, Closed / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Orientation / physiology*
  • Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vertebral Artery / injuries
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vertigo / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vision Disorders / diagnostic imaging*