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Case Reports
. 2011 Feb;25(1):109-10.
doi: 10.3109/02688697.2010.542838.

Unlocking the 'locked-in syndrome'

Mano Shanmuganathan  1 , Charles P Warlow, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Peter Keston, Robin J Sellar, Ioannis P Fouyas
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Unlocking the 'locked-in syndrome'

Mano Shanmuganathan et al. Br J Neurosurg. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

We present a case of a 48-year-old man who was initially thought to have had a brainstem stroke and was clinically 'locked-in'. Upon investigation, a petrous apex dural atriovenous fistula was identified causing profound brainstem venous hypertension. Surgical clipping lead to complete neurological recovery.

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