Successful repetitive intravenous thrombolysis in a patient with recurrent brainstem infarctions due to megadolichobasilar ectasia

JAMA Neurol. 2013 Apr;70(4):520-1. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.618.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Basilar Artery / pathology*
  • Brain Stem Infarctions / etiology*
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / complications
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Male
  • Thrombolytic Therapy / adverse effects*
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / complications
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator