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Age and Ageing 2002; 31: 481-482
© 2002, British Geriatrics Society

Case Report

Locked-in syndrome caused by basilar artery ectasia

Hussain Al-Sardar and Wolf Grabau

Department of Medicine, James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA, UK

Despite various presentations of vertebrobasilar artery ectasia, the true incidence and its distribution and the frequency with which it produces symptoms are still uncertain.

We report on a case of Locked-in syndrome caused by an ectatic elongated basilar artery, which predisposed to thrombosis and brain stem infarction.

Keywords: basilar artery ectasia, Locked-in syndrome


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