Case report: Mechanical thrombectomy for acute basilar artery occlusion via persistent hypoglossal artery

Case report: Mechanical thrombectomy for acute basilar artery occlusion via persistent hypoglossal artery

Persistent hypoglossal artery (PHA) is a rare carotid-vertebrobasilar anastomosis in adults. Here, we report a case of mechanical thrombectomy for acute basilar artery occlusion via the PHA. A 44-year-old man was admitted to our stroke unit with an unstable gait and aphasia for 2 h. The baseline Nat...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhang, Jiaxiong Wang, Zhipeng Cao, Yingtao Liu, Yi Dong, Xin Cheng, Chao Gao, Yuxiang Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
persistent hypoglossal artery
acute ischemic stroke
basilar artery occlusion
thrombectomy
case report
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2023.1200539/full

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