Answer: Name that Lesion I
Monday, April 18th, 2005 at 3:24 pm
This is the thrilling conclusion to "Name that Lesion I" that all of 1 person took a shot at. I know there are a couple of doctors that read this blog. Good, I thought I might have to remember that anatomy stuff 
The artery with the bend in it, as well as the other joining in the left picture are the vertebral arteries. Where they join (the straight section) is the basilar artery, which is occluded. Symptoms would be essentially the same as noted.
And now for the after intervention shots:
Thank you all (ok, one) for playing. Maybe we'll do it again sometime. 
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I would have played but at the risk of looking like a fool (because I had no clue), I opted not to
That’s ok — this was directed at the more medically orientated.
I´ll try not to be insulted by that
Sorry, didn’t mean to insult… I just didn’t think you’d had much exposure to anatomy of the cerebral vasculature.