Raymond–Céstan syndrome

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| caption = Basillar artery runs down the middle(in above image) and blockage is cause of this condition. Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain (inferior view).

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| diagnosis = Cect/ncct brain, mri brain

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Raymond–Céstan syndrome is caused by blockage of the long circumferential branches of the basilar artery.{{cite web | url=https://archive.today/20140726034142/http://www.clineu-journal.com/article/S0303-8467(07)00181-3/abstract | title=Raymond–Cestan syndrome in pontine ischemia - Clinical Neurology and … }} It was described by Fulgence Raymond and Étienne Jacques Marie Raymond Céstan.{{Cite web | url=http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/618.html | title=Céstan-Chenais syndrome | access-date=2014-07-20 | archive-date=2014-07-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727091407/http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/618.html | url-status=live }} Along with other related syndromes such as Millard–Gubler syndrome, Foville's syndrome, and Weber's syndrome, the description was instrumental in establishing important principles in brain-stem localization.{{cite journal | last=Silverman | first=Isaac E. | title=The Crossed Paralyses: The Original Brain-Stem Syndromes of Millard-Gubler, Foville, Weber, and Raymond-Cestan | journal=Archives of Neurology | volume=52 | issue=6 | date=1995-06-01 | pages=635–638 | issn=0003-9942 | doi=10.1001/archneur.1995.00540300117021 | pmid=7763214 }}