| Acute bilateral thalamic infarction as a cause of acute dementia and hypophonia after occlusion of the artery of Percheron. | |
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PMID: 19442987 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The thalami of the human brain obtain their blood supply from many perforating arteries, which exhibit complex distribution and many variations. One rare variation is the artery of Percheron that supplies the paramedian thalami bilaterally. This artery arises from the first segment of the posterior cerebral artery and gives rise to bilateral medial thalamic perforants. Occlusion of the artery of Percheron none rarely results in bilateral thalamic and mesencephalic infarctions. We describe the case of a 38-year-old male patient with a presumed occlusion of this artery in which MR imaging revealed characteristic symmetrical bilateral paramedian thalamic infarctions. The unique characteristics of this case are based on the young age of the patient, the absence of any risk factors or other diseases and even more on the rare clinical manifestations consisted of hypophonia, memory dysfunction, time disorientation and apathy. |
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Authors:
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Ephrosyni Koutsouraki; Georgia Xiromerisiou; Vassiliki Costa; Stavros Baloyannis |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2009-05-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the neurological sciences Volume: 283 ISSN: 1878-5883 ISO Abbreviation: J. Neurol. Sci. Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-20 Completed Date: 2009-10-08 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0375403 Medline TA: J Neurol Sci Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 175-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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1st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, School of Medicine, Agriteli 4, 55132, Thessaloniki, Greece. efrosin@hol.gr |
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Adult Brain Infarction / complications*, pathology Cerebral Angiography Dementia / etiology*, pathology Humans Language Disorders / etiology*, pathology Magnetic Resonance Angiography Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Thalamus / blood supply*, pathology |
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