An embolic bow hunter's stroke associated with anomaly of cervical spine

A 16-year-old boy was admitted because of repeated stroke. CT and CT angiography showed abnormalities of cervical spine and left vertebral artery (VA) (figure 1). Cerebral angiography demonstrated that his left VA barely flowed on neck flexion, and thrombotic translucencies indicating thrombus were observed at the stenotic site (figure 2). Transcatheter coil embolization of …