Locked-In Syndrome Following Cervical Manipulation by a Chiropractor: A Case Report

Abstract

Vertebrobasilar occlusion poses difficult diagnostic issues and even when properly diagnosed has a poor prognosis. Newer studies highlight a better outcome when thrombectomy was carried out between six and twenty-four hours after an initial diagnosis of stroke. This paper reports a case where a patient suffered a vertebrobasilar stroke secondary to a traumatic bilateral vertebral arteries dissection was treated with late thrombectomy.

Keywords

• locked-in syndrome
• stroke
• vertebral artery dissection
• thrombectomy