PEDIATRICS Vol. 78 No. 4 October 1986, pp. 610-613
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Vertebral Artery Dissection and Alternating Hemiparesis in an Adolescent

Donald W. Lewis MD1 and Peter H. Berman MD1

1 From the Divisions of Neurology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

A case report of vertebral artery dissection and alternating hemiparesis in an adolescent boy is presented. The diagnosis was confirmed by findings on a computed tomographic brain scan and a four-vessel cerebral arteriogram. The patient has been treated with aspirin for 2 years and has had no further transient ischemic attacks.

Key Words: vertebral artery dissection • alternating hemiparesis • aspirin • migraine

Submitted on December 23, 1985
Accepted on January 28, 1986




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