[The first Hungarian guideline regarding management of stroke patients has been published in 1990 (LAM). In the past 21 years, clinical practice in stroke care has improved significantly in Hungary and is currently performed according to evidencebased protocols issued by international and national consensus meetings. Currently the EUSI guideline published in 2008 and the management protocol written in the same year by the board of the Hungarian Stroke Society are followed. The most important changes of the past 20 years in stroke management have been the following: the priority concept and lysis therapy have become common in daily practice, emergency examination has been performed in selected TIA cases and an up-to-date practice has been established in stroke prevention. The increasing number of lysis therapy each year demonstrates an improving organisation of stroke care and improving professional preparedness. In selected stroke centres, all the modern technical facilities are available, on the other hand, substantial development is needed in a number of stroke units. A national stroke registry and quality control are warranted for further professional development in Hungary.]

[INTRODUCTION - Symptomatic stenosis of the basilar artery carries high risk of brainstem stroke. In case of acute thrombotic occlusion of the basilar artery the mortality is over 70%. Besides best medical treatment, angioplasty was employed for 30 years previously, but the results were only acceptable after the advent of flexible intracranial stents. We report our case to call attention to the availibility of this interventional neuroradiological procedure. CASE REPORT - A 64 years old male patient was admitted to our hospital with intermittant diplopia. 90% stenosis of proximal basilar artery was reported by DSA. After balloon dilatation, intracranial stent was placed into the lesion. Symptoms have not recurred three months following the intervention. Control TCD and MR-angiography were performed, and good blood flow ratio was detected in the vertebrobasilar system. CONCLUSION - In the background of recurrent brainstem TIA a basilar artery stenosis has to be searched because the development of a definitive brainstem stroke can be prevented by interventional neuroradiological procedure.]