Hyperdense basilar tip sign
Diagnosis certain
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- updated 8 May 2022:
Nothing to disclose
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Age
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Basilar artery occlusion is rare but potentially devastating. A hyperdense basilar tip sign as seen in this case may be present on a non-contrast head CT.
-<p>Basilar artery occlusion is rare but potentially devastating. A hyperdense basilar tip sign as seen in this case may be present on a non-contrast head CT.</p>- +<p><a title="Acute basilar artery occlusion" href="/articles/acute-basilar-artery-occlusion">Basilar artery occlusion</a> is rare but potentially devastating. A hyperdense basilar tip sign as seen in this case may be present on a non-contrast head CT.</p>
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Findings
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Central line, ETendotracheal, NGnasogastric and feeding tubes are appropriately positioned. Lungs clear. Tortuous aorta, heart normal in size, LAD stent.
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Chronic bilateral white matter changes, left greater than right. Hyperdense basilar tip sign extending into right posterior cerebral artery.
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ThrombusThe thrombus of the distal basilar artery nearly completely fills the vessel.