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Basilar Artery Occlusion in a Young Patient with Wegener's Granulomatosis Stroke 25:214-216, Savitz,J.M.,et al, 1994 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract A 26 year old man with histopathologically confirmed Wegener's granulomatosis suffered a brain stem stroke 24 hours after open lung biopsy.Angiography revealed midbasilar artery occlusion.Patients with Wegener's granulomatosis may experience premature large cerebral vessel occlusion.Putative etiologies in our patient include vasculitis, postoperative hypercoagulability,and/or intraoperative neck positioning leading to embolization.

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