Abstract
The posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) has a unique anatomical complexity, which is of great clinical importance and is involved in many pathologies, such as aneurysm, ischemic stroke, neurovascular compression syndrome (NVCS), arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and brain tumour (1).
 PICA has a sinuous and variable trajectory, divided into 5 segments. PICA infarction usually manifests lateral bulbar syndrome and is more likely to cause mass effects. PICA frequently compresses the bulb and cranial nerves, resulting in various neurovascular compression syndromes (NVCS) (2).
 The ischemic stroke caused by thromboembolism in the PICA segment is accounted for more than 2% of all cases of ischemic stroke (3). Moreover, it tends to be underdiagnosed due to the symptomatology, represented usually by vertigo which mimics a possible peripheral vestibulopathy (4).
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