Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case report
Pancoast’s syndrome due to vascular lesions is extremely rare. We report a 73-year-old man with right arm paresthesia and Horner’s syndrome caused by a right proximal vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm. The patient's symptoms began during strength training and progressed for 1 month. The pati...
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| description | Pancoast’s syndrome due to vascular lesions is extremely rare. We report a 73-year-old man with right arm paresthesia and Horner’s syndrome caused by a right proximal vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm. The patient's symptoms began during strength training and progressed for 1 month. The patient underwent proximal artery coil trapping. After 3 months of treatment, his arm fully recovered and Horner's syndrome improved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fdad59d65e24b11ae3d0e8722f830b42022-12-21T22:08:12ZengElsevierInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery2214-75192021-09-0125101212Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case reportYoungseok Kwak0Address: Department of Neurosurgery, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, 807, Hoguk-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41404, Republic of Korea.; Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of KoreaPancoast’s syndrome due to vascular lesions is extremely rare. We report a 73-year-old man with right arm paresthesia and Horner’s syndrome caused by a right proximal vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm. The patient's symptoms began during strength training and progressed for 1 month. The patient underwent proximal artery coil trapping. After 3 months of treatment, his arm fully recovered and Horner's syndrome improved.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921001249Pancoast’s syndromeVertebral arteryDissection |
| spellingShingle | Youngseok Kwak Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case report Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery Pancoast’s syndrome Vertebral artery Dissection |
| title | Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case report |
| title_full | Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case report |
| title_short | Vertebral artery dissection presenting as Pancoast's syndrome: A case report |
| title_sort | vertebral artery dissection presenting as pancoast s syndrome a case report |
| topic | Pancoast’s syndrome Vertebral artery Dissection |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921001249 |
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