Copyright
©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Clin Cases. May 16, 2022; 10(14): 4569-4573
Published online May 16, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4569
Published online May 16, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4569
Convulsive-like movements as the first symptom of basilar artery occlusive brainstem infarction: A case report
Ting-Ling Wang, Gang Wu, Su-Zhi Liu, Department of Neurology, Taizhou Hospital affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai 317000, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Wang TL collected the clinical data and drafted the initial manuscript; Wu G and Liu SZ revised the article critically; all authors contributed to the intellectual content of this manuscript and approved the final manuscript as submitted.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundations of China , No.81903584 .
Informed consent statement: Informed written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this report and any accompanying images.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
CARE Checklist (2016) statement: The authors have read the CARE Checklist (2016), and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CARE Checklist (2016).
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Su-Zhi Liu, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Neurology, Taizhou Hospital affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, No. 150 Ximen Street, Linhai 317000, Zhejiang Province, China. liusz@enzemed.com
Received: September 23, 2021
Peer-review started: September 23, 2021
First decision: November 11, 2021
Revised: November 23, 2021
Accepted: March 25, 2022
Article in press: March 25, 2022
Published online: May 16, 2022
Peer-review started: September 23, 2021
First decision: November 11, 2021
Revised: November 23, 2021
Accepted: March 25, 2022
Article in press: March 25, 2022
Published online: May 16, 2022
Core Tip
Core Tip: It is rare for convulsive-like movements to occur as the first symptom of basilar artery occlusive cerebral infarction (BAOCI). When they do occur, however, these movements can serve as an early warning sign of BAOCI. The early diagnosis of basilar artery occlusion can influence patients’ treatment and prognosis.