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Ischemic Stroke of the Artery of Percheron with Normal Initial MRI : A Case Report
Joint Authors
Bordes, Julien
Cassourret, Guillaume
Sbardella, Fabrice
Boret, Henry
Prunet, Bertrand
Maurin, Olga
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-03-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The artery of Percheron is a solitary trunk representing an uncommon anatomic variant that provides bilateral arterial supply to the paramedian thalami and the rostral midbrain.
Occlusion of this artery results in bilateral thalamic and mesencephalic infarctions.
The clinical diagnosis is difficult because the complex anatomy causes large clinical variability.
We report a case of a comatose patient with normal early head-computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
A bilateral paramedian thalamic infarct due to an occlusion of the artery of Percheron was revealed two days later by a new head computed tomography.
To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of a symptomatic patient presenting an acute Percheron stroke with normal early brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Our case indicates that a normal initial magnetic resonance imaging cannot formally eliminate the diagnosis of acute stroke of the artery of Percheron.
We discuss the causes of noncontributive brain magnetic resonance imaging at the onset of this acute Percheron stroke and the alternative diagnosis and therapy methods.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cassourret, Guillaume& Prunet, Bertrand& Sbardella, Fabrice& Bordes, Julien& Maurin, Olga& Boret, Henry. 2010. Ischemic Stroke of the Artery of Percheron with Normal Initial MRI : A Case Report. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cassourret, Guillaume…[et al.]. Ischemic Stroke of the Artery of Percheron with Normal Initial MRI : A Case Report. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Cassourret, Guillaume& Prunet, Bertrand& Sbardella, Fabrice& Bordes, Julien& Maurin, Olga& Boret, Henry. Ischemic Stroke of the Artery of Percheron with Normal Initial MRI : A Case Report. Case Reports in Medicine. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-471203
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-471203