The imaging characteristics of posterior circulation ischemia
CHEN Yi
HEChong-yang
WANHG Ding-ling
Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of posterior circulation ischemia (PCI) .Methods The clinical datas of 72 patients with posterior circulation ischemia in our hospital from February 2010 to August 2013 were ret‐rospectively analized in terms of clinical manifestation ,image characteristics and prognosis .Results PCI mostly occurs in aged people .Among those ,16 cases presented with Top of the basilar syndrome (TOBS) ,8 cases with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia ,3 cases with Wallenberg syndrome ,1 case with weber syndrome ,1 case with cerebral vasculitis ,8 cases with trensient ischemic attack ,and 1 case with hypertensive encephalopathy .Their clinical symptoms and imaging findings were diversified in characteristics .Conclusion PCI clinical manifestation and image characteristics are complicated ,the prognosis of some patients is poor ,clinical physicians should be vigilant and performed M RI as soon as possible to avoid misdiagnosis .
Keywords：Posterior circulation ischemia PCIImage characteristicsClinical manifestation
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 2061-2064 )