✦ LIBER ✦
The evaluation of occipital lobe atrophy by computerized tomography before consideration of vertebral artery reconstructive surgery
✍ Scribed by G. Dobben; G. Valvassori; M. Mafee
- Book ID
- 104754805
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3940
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✦ Synopsis
Occipital lobe atrophy can be identified on CT. In a review of 90 selected cases with brain ischemia symptoms, 45 cases were found to have hindbrain ischemia with symptoms of vertigo and/or 'blurred vision.' Ten cases (22%) had normal CT studies and 35 cases (78%) had abnormal CT studies. The CT brain scan of the cerebellum and occipital lobes has a place in determining whether a patient with clinical hindbrain ischemia is a candidate for angiography and vertebral artery bypass surgery.