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Abstract
Background: PhotBioModulation Therapy (PBMT) is regarded as a safe therapy for various disorders. We report a patient with a vertebral artery dissection treated with PBMT resulting in a poor neurological outcome.
Case presentation: A 69-year-old patient with a PICA infarction after a vertebral artery dissection was treated with PhotoBioModulation Therapy using a helmet. This therapy induces strong vasodilatation in the area of application. Shortly after this treatment, she fell asleep and did not wake up the next morning. Clinically she was comatose and an MRI showed bithalamic and mesencephalic infarction as a result of thrombosis of the basilar artery tip. A causative relation between the PhotoBioModulation Therapy and the poor outcome is likely based on the time course, the immediate complaints after treatment, and the usually excellent prognosis after vertebral artery dissection.
Conclusion: We advise the manufacturers of PBMT devices to add (recent) stroke to the list of contraindications.
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Peer-reviewed and published quarterly, Acta Neurologica Belgicapresents original articles in the clinical and basic neurosciences, and also reports the proceedings and the abstracts of the scientific meetings of the different partner societies. The contents include commentaries, editorials, review articles, case reports, neuro-images of interest, book reviews and letters to the editor.
Acta Neurologica Belgica is the official journal of the following national societies:
Belgian Neurological Society
Belgian Society for Neuroscience
Belgian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Belgian Pediatric Neurology Society
Belgian Study Group of Multiple Sclerosis
Belgian Stroke Council
Belgian Headache Society
Belgian Study Group of Neuropathology
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