Retrograde recanalisation for vertebral artery stump syndrome: a case report

Vertebral artery stump syndrome (VASS) is a rare disease associated with a posterior circulation stroke after vertebral artery origin occlusion. We have herein presented a case of VASS that was effectively treated with endovascular intervention using retrograde recanalisation and the mechanism of VASS in our patient was thought to be a thrombus formed by stagnating flow.

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Vertebral artery stump syndrome (VASS) is a rare disease that can cause posterior circulation stroke after occlusion of the vertebral artery. We presented a case of VASS that was effectively treated with endovascular intervention using retrograde recanalisation, and the mechanism of VASS in our patient was believed to be a thrombus formed by stagnant flow.