Intractable vomiting caused by vertebral artery compressing the medulla: A case report

Abstract

Vertebral artery compressing the medulla and causing intractable vomiting has only been reported once previously. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman with intractable nausea and vomiting causing a 50 pound weight loss and who failed medical management and whose symptoms were completely reversed following microvascular decompression (MVD).

Keywords

• Aneurysm
• intractable vomiting
• medulla
• MVD
• vertebral artery aneurysm
• vertebral artery dissection
• vomiting