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01-01-2020 | Stroke | Case Report

Atlanto-occipital ligament calcification: a novel imaging finding in pediatric rotational vertebral artery occlusion

Authors: Nathan T. Cohen, Dana B. Harrar, Yaser A. Diab, Monica S. Pearl, Jonathan G. Murnick

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 1/2020

Abstract

We describe a 2-year-old girl with bow hunter syndrome complicated by vertebral artery dissection and multiple ischemic infarcts. Pediatric bow hunter syndrome is a rare and likely under-recognized disorder. Interestingly, our patient had atlanto-occipital ligament calcification on CT scan, an imaging finding that has not been reported in association with bow hunter syndrome and one that might help increase recognition of this dynamic disorder of the posterior circulation.

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Title: Atlanto-occipital ligament calcification: a novel imaging finding in pediatric rotational vertebral artery occlusion
Authors: Nathan T. Cohen
Dana B. Harrar
Yaser A. Diab
Monica S. Pearl
Jonathan G. Murnick
Publication date: 01-01-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Stroke
Vertebral Artery Dissection
Vertebral Artery Dissection
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-019-04515-0

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Atlanto-occipital ligament calcification: a novel imaging finding in pediatric rotational vertebral artery occlusion

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