Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Bilateral thalamic stroke due to occlusion of the artery of Percheron in a patient with patent foramen ovale: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Bilateral thalamic stroke due to occlusion of the artery of Percheron in a patient with patent foramen ovale a case report Raúl Lopez-Serna1 Patricia Gonzalez-Carmona2 and Manuel López-Martínez2 Addresses 1Division of Neurosurgery Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía México DF Mexico 2Emergency Department Institute Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía México DF Mexico Email RLS - raullopezserna@ PGC - silviapatricia75@ MLM - manuel_lm@ Corresponding author Received 25 May 2008 Accepted 4 March 2009 Published 15 September 2009 Journal ofMedical Case Reports 2009 3 7392 doi 1752-1947-3-7392 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7392 2009 López-Serna et al. licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Bilateral thalamic infarcts are rare presentations of stroke. They are the result of a complex combination of risk factors and a predisposing vessel distribution. The artery of Percheron characterized by a single arterial trunk that irrigates both paramedian thalamic regions can be occluded as a result of embolic diseases leading to bilateral paramedian thalamic infarcts. Clinical and image findings of this uncommon form of posterior circulation infarct are presented along with their anatomic and pathophysiologic correlates. Case presentation A 27-year-old Mexican man with no relevant medical history was admitted to hospital after he was found deeply stuporous. On admission an urgent neuroimaging protocol for stroke including magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance imaging angiography was performed. The scans revealed symmetric .
