#Aica and pica syndrome

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Aica and pica syndrome

These findings suggest that the peripheral vestibular structures play a crucial role in producing abnormal cVEMPs in AICA infarction ( Ahn et al., 2011). Patients with abnormal cVEMPs are more likely to have caloric paresis or sensorineural hearing loss compared with those with normal cVEMPs. About half of patients with AICA infarctions show abnormal cVEMPs in response to click stimulation of the ipsilesional ear ( Ahn et al., 2011). Since patients with AICA infarction and normal caloric responses produce contralesional ocular torsion only ( Lee et al., 2008), damage to peripheral vestibular structures appears to play a crucial role in determining the direction of the OTR and SVV tilt in AICA infarctions ( Lee et al., 2008). AICA infarctions usually cause ipsiversive OTR and tilt of the SVV ( Lee et al., 2005, 2008). However, multiple risk factors for stroke and profound hearing loss predicted a poor outcome for recovery of hearing loss ( Kim et al., 2014a). The hearing loss and caloric paresis detected during the acute phase of AICA infarction usually recover over time ( Lee et al., 2011b Kim et al., 2014a). Thus, careful evaluation of HSN may provide clues for diagnosis of AICA infarction in patients with acute audiovestibular loss ( Huh et al., 2013). Therefore, detection of central lesions may require additional tests, such as horizontal head shaking, which detected central patterns of HSN in 3 of the 5 patients with AICA infarction and negative HINTS ( Huh et al., 2013). Indeed, the HINTS failed to detect central lesions in 5 of 18 patients with AICA infarction ( Huh et al., 2013). The HINTS (negative HIT, direction-changing nystagmus, and skew deviation), the most useful bedside tool to detect central vestibulopathy, may not be sufficiently robust to detect central lesions in AICA infarction, since the HIT is mostly positive in this disorder ( Huh et al., 2013 Newman-Toker et al., 2013b Choi et al., 2014a). HSN is also common with both peripheral and central patterns. Asymmetric bidirectional GEN, frequently mimicking Bruns’ nystagmus, is found in 43% of patients ( Lee et al., 2009). In AICA infarction, spontaneous nystagmus is predominantly horizontal and mostly beats away from the lesion side ( Lee et al., 2009). (2015b), with permission from Springer Science and Business Media. A patient with infarction in the territory of right anterior inferior cerebellar artery ( A) shows ipsiversive ocular torsion ( B), contralesional spontaneous nystagmus ( C), gaze-evoked nystagmus ( D), ipsilesional caloric paresis ( E), ipsilesional hearing loss ( F), decreased amplitude of the ipsilesional cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs, G), and absent responses of ocular VEMPs during ipsilesional ear stimulation ( H). Ipsilateral conjugate gaze palsy may reflect infarction of the flocculus (see Table 2-5).įig. 189, 192, 193 Other features include vomiting, ipsilateral facial numbness, facial palsy, Horner syndrome, and contralateral loss of pain and temperature. Usual symptoms are nausea, vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss. The findings reflect involvement of the peripheral nervous system and CNS structures at the cerebellopontine angle. Syndrome of Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Occlusion Comparison of Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery and Superior Cerebellar Artery InfarctsĪICA infarcts most consistently involve the lateral pons and the middle cerebellar peduncle, 191 often sparing the cerebellum itself, in contrast to SCA infarction, which predominantly affects the cerebellum, sparing the brainstem. When the PICA is missing, the territory of the AICA includes the territory of the PICA (see Fig. Its cerebellar territory borders on and is reciprocal in size with the territories of the SCA and PICA. 190Īs seen ventrally, the AICA irrigates a triangle with its base toward the midline, where it abuts on the paramedian zone irrigated by perforators from the BA and VA (see Fig. The AICA acts as the artery of the cerebellopontine angle. Typically, the AICA also gives rise to an IAA that enters the internal acoustic meatus (see internal auditory artery (IAA), infra). The AICA runs laterally to irrigate the ventrolateral pons, essentially the caudal part of the middle cerebellar peduncle, which is its core distribution the spinothalamic tract the trigeminal, facial, vestibular, and cochlear nuclei the roots of CN VII and VIII and the ventral parts of the cerebellum, including the flocculus. With a left dominant AICA, the ipsilateral VA and PICA are usually hypoplastic (see Fig. ĪICA dominant on the left and PICA dominant on the right.Įqual right and left origins from the BA, with a major anastomosis between the AICA and the PICA ( Fig.The AICA runs laterally, just caudal to CN VI. The AICA arises from the BA, just rostral to the union of the VAs to form the BA.

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Aica and pica syndrome

Endovascular management of flow-dependent AICA aneurysms by parent artery occlusion is feasible and efficient in terms of rebleeding prevention. The remaining two cases did not develop any post treatment neurological complications. One patient developed facial palsy, cerebellar symptoms and sensorineural hearing loss. No bleeding or rebleeding were encountered during the follow-up period which ranged from five to nine months. Two cases were embolized using NBCA, Onyx was used in the third case. They were all treated by endovascular embolization of the aneurysm as well as the parent artery using liquid embolic material. Two patients presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage, one presented with cerebellar manifestations. Three patients harbouring four flow dependent aneurysms were referred to our institution. To our knowledge 34 flow-related cases including the present study have been reported in the literature. Peripheral anterior inferior cerebellar artery ( AICA) aneurysms are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all cerebral aneurysms. Mahmoud, M El Serwi, A Alaa Habib, M Abou Gamrah, S A report of three cases and review of the literature. Published by Elsevier Inc.Įndovascular treatment of AICA flow dependent aneurysms. This is the first case that successfully treated this pathology with AICA trapping with occipital artery-AICA bypass. Distal AICA pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare, but potentially severe, late complication after SRS for VS. Although the right AICA perfused a large area of the cerebellum, the aneurysm was successfully treated with AICA trapping, in conjunction with an occipital artery-AICA bypass. Radiographic examinations revealed a distal anterior inferior cerebellar artery ( AICA) fusiform aneurysm, which was embedded in the tumor, and progressively enlarged over 17 months. The patient was a 78-year-old man who had undergone SRS for a right VS, and presented with right peripheral facial palsy 19 years later. Among the 360 patients who underwent SRS for VS in our institution and lived for >5 years thereafter, we identified only 1 patient who exhibited complication due to a late-onset aneurysm thus, the incidence was roughly estimated to be 0.3%. However, its long-term vascular complications have not been well-studied. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an established modality for the treatment of vestibular schwannomas (VSs). Umekawa, Motoyuki Hasegawa, Hirotaka Shin, Masahiro Kawashima, Mariko Nomura, Seiji Nakatomi, Hirofumi Saito, Nobuhito Radiosurgery-induced anterior inferior cerebellar artery pseudoaneurysm treated with trapping and bypass. Copyright © 2017 National Stroke Association. Therefore, clinicians should recognize that bilateral hearing loss may be related to stroke in the vertebrobasilar artery area. One month later, we obtained blood flow improvement in the left AICA territory on single-photon-emission computed tomography and vertebral artery stenosis on magnetic resonance angiography. After stroke treatment, hearing loss was improved. A 74-year-old man who experienced right hearing loss 5 months ago presented with bilateral deafness and right cerebellar ataxia however, no ischemic lesion was detected in the bilateral AICA area. We report a case of bilateral hearing loss caused by decreased vascular flow in the anterior inferior cerebellar artery ( AICA) territory. PMID:23217640Īcute Hearing Loss Caused by Decreasing Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Arterial Perfusion in a Patient with Vertebral Artery Stenosis.įukuda, Rintaro Miyamoto, Nobukazu Hayashida, Arisa Ueno, Yuji Yamashiro, Kazuo Tanaka, Ryota Hattori, Nobutaka This depends upon the adequacy of collaterals from other cerebellar arteries. Post embolization neurological complications are unpredictable. Summary Peripheral anterior inferior cerebellar artery ( AICA) aneurysms are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all cerebral aneurysms. Endovascular Treatment of AICA Flow Dependent Aneurysms

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The pt had dysarthria, dysphagia, uvula deviated left, hemianalgesia on right side of face and left side of body, and gait ataxia. Wallenberg syndrome (lateral medullary syndrome) patients present with ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature sensation in the face and contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation in the body, as well as dysarthria, dysphagia, and ataxia. They can also present with Horner syndrome.

The dysarthria, dysphagia, and uvula deviation are indicative of a PICA (Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery) stroke, rather than lateral pontine syndrome caused by occlusion of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA). With AICA stroke, there could be the same losses of pain and temperature sensation in the face and body, but ipsilateral facial hemiparesis, and potentially ipsilateral deafness, would be present rather than dysarthria, dysphagia, and uvula deviation.

Hemiplegia = paralysis on one side of the body. The chart is really helpful for distinguishing between Wallenbery (lateral medullary) syndrome and lateral pontine syndrome. Know these!

Lateral medullary syndrome is a neurological disorder causing a range of symptoms due to ischemia in the lateral part of the medulla oblongata in the brainstem. The ischemia is a result of a blockage most commonly in the vertebral artery or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. Lateral medullary syndrome is also called Wallenberg's syndrome, posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) syndrome and vertebral artery syndrome.

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The anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) supplies the lateral pons and lateral cerebellum, and occlusion causes lateral pontine syndrome. Clinical signs related to structures affected include nausea, vomiting, and vertigo (vestibular nuclei); facial paralysis, decreased lacrimation, and decreased salivation (facial motor nucleus); nerve deafness (cochlear nuclei); analgesia of ipsilateral face (spinal trigeminal nucleus); and analgesia of contralateral body (spinothalamic tract). These clinical signs are very similar to lateral medullary syndrome caused by occlusion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). What differentiates the 2 syndromes is that lateral pontine syndrome typically has facial paralysis and potentially nerve deafness, whereas lateral medullary syndrome does not. Instead, lateral medullary syndrome typically has uvula deviation (nucleus ambiguus), and lateral pontine syndrome does not.

Bottom Line: Lateral pontine syndrome has facial paralysis and potentially nerve deafness, whereas lateral medullary syndrome has uvula deviation. Both have analgesia of ipsilateral face and contralateral body.