Funny turns in Young badminton player: A case of cerebellar infarction secondary to vertebral artery dissection

Bhupendra Shah,Raju Paudel,Nawli Manandhar

doi:10.3126/jaim.v10i2.42194

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Abstract

Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection is a rare cause of cerebellar infarction. Common presentations of cerebellar artery infarction are dizziness and ataxia. We are reporting a case of a 31-year-old male who presented with acute onset dizziness while playing badminton, who was diagnosed as cerebellar vermis infarction secondary to vertebral artery dissection.

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The spontaneous carotid artery and vertebral artery dissection caused 2 % of all ischemic strokes.[1]
Vertebral artery dissection while playing badminton is rarely reported in the literature, we are reporting a 31- year-old male who had cerebellar vermis infarction secondary to vertebral artery dissection that occurred while playing badminton
We made of diagnosis of acute cerebellar vermis infarction secondary to right vertebral artery dissection based on the clinical history of acute onset dizziness with neck pain, examination finding of truncal ataxia, MRI head finding of a hyperintense lesion in cerebellar vermis in the diffusion-weighted image, and computed tomography angiography finding of the intimal flap in the vertebral artery

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Introduction

The spontaneous carotid artery and vertebral artery dissection caused 2 % of all ischemic strokes.[1]. A case of cerebellar infarction secondary to vertebral artery dissection Vertebral artery dissection while playing badminton is rarely reported in the literature, we are reporting a 31- year-old male who had cerebellar vermis infarction secondary to vertebral artery dissection that occurred while playing badminton. The patient had complaints of dizziness for 3 days.

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