vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia(English)

• definition includes: (i) diameter of basilar or vertebral artery >4.5 mm, or (ii) deviation of any portion >10 mm from the shortest expected course, and (iii) length of basilar artery >29.5 mm or length of intracranial vertebral artery >23.5 mm. The diagnosis of vertebral deforming events (VDE) is mainly made by relying on image study, with or without clinical symptoms. Expressions vary, including compression of cranial nerves or brainstem, obstructive hydrocephalus, and ischemia in vertebrobasilar arterial territory
• VDE
• Brain (dys)function, Vascular disease
• https://doi.org…081/cp.2012.e84