J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2020; 81(01): 075-079
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1691754
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

A Rare Case of Bilateral Vertebral Artery Dissection Associated with Essential Thrombocythemia

Hafiz Khuram Raza*
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Jia Jing*
2   Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
,
Hao Chen*
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Jienan Zhu
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Zuohui Zhang
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Thitsavanh Chansysouphanthong
3   School of International Education, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
,
Guiyun Cui
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Fang Hua
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Xinchun Ye
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Hongjuan Shi
1   Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
,
Haiyang Jiang
4   Department of Senile Diseases, People's Liberation Army Hospital No. 82, Huaian, China
› Author Affiliations
Funding Source This article was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81271268).
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Publication History

29 August 2018

06 February 2019

Publication Date:
06 June 2019 (online)

Abstract

A young patient presented to our hospital with ischemic stroke. She underwent a routine blood test, head computed tomography (CT), brain magnetic resonance imaging, a bone marrow biopsy, and CT angiography. Her diagnosis was a bilateral vertebral artery dissection associated with essential thrombocythemia (ET). She was treated with antiplatelet therapy and a stent implantation. The association of bilateral vertebral artery dissection with ET is rare. An early diagnosis and timely management is key to the best outcome.

* These authors contributed equally to this work.


 
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