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Patent foramen ovale associated with the unusual presentation of unilateral paramedian thalamic perforating artery infarction after embolic occlusion of ‘artery of Percheron’: case report and review of the literature
  1. Hirad Yarmohammadi1,
  2. Andrei Carasca2,
  3. Hooman Yarmohammadi3,
  4. Daniel P Hsu4
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  2. 2Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA
  3. 3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  4. 4Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr H Yarmohammadi, Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; yarmohh{at}ccf.org

Abstract

‘Artery of Percheron’ is a rare variation in blood supply in which a solitary arterial trunk arises from one of the proximal segments of the posterior cerebral arteries and supplies the paramedian thalami bilaterally. A young patient (in their early 30s) who presented with sudden onset of visual disturbance and speech difficulties is reported. A review of literature from 1981 to 2009 and review of the most widely reported clinical signs and symptoms are provided.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnis.2010.003293

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