Acute Presentation of Dissecting Pseudoaneurysm of the Extracranial Vertebral Artery
Background Vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm dissection is a rare vascular pathology affecting 1–5 per 100,000 individuals yearly. Over 80% of vertebral dPSAs are extracranial and can present with a wide variety of symptoms from headache, neck pain, arm pain due to mass effect, to TIA or stroke due to embolic phenomena or mass effect. While blunt …