• Br J Neurosurg · Dec 2017

    Case Reports

    Locked-in syndrome in a patient with acute obstructive hydrocephalus, caused by large unruptured aneurysm of the basilar artery (BA).

    • Zlatko Kolić, Melita Kukuljan, Duje Vukas, David Bonifačić, Kristina Vrbanec, and Ivana Karla Franić.
    • a Department of Neurosurgery , Polyclinic Medico , Rijeka , Croatia.
    • Br J Neurosurg. 2017 Dec 1; 31 (6): 738-740.

    AbstractWe describe a case of acute obstructive hydrocephalus as a consequence of compression of the brainstem by a large aneurysm of the basilar artery (BA) in a 62-year-old male. After the insertion of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS), we encountered the "locked-in syndrome" clinical condition. "Locked-in syndrome" is a clinical state characterized by quadriplegia and anarthria with preserved consciousness, most commonly caused by ischemia in the ventral part of pons.

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