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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Artery of Percheron: an unusual stroke presentation.

Toby Pitts-Tucker, Jeremy Small

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toby Pitts-TuckerDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3738-7355
Jeremy SmallDepartment of Radiology, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth, UK.
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 86-year-old woman was admitted with multiple episodes of transient loss of consciousness. She was initially treated for seizures, and stroke was not considered likely. MRI on the same day of admission showed acute bilateral medial thalamic infarcts in keeping with the Artery of Percheron (AOP) territory infarcts. Investigation for polycythaemia and thrombocytosis showed JAK2 positive myeloproliferative neoplasm.A diagnosis of AOP infarction is often missed or delayed because it is rare and presents with variable neurological symptoms. Initial imaging in the form of CT is often negative, and some report that initial MRI findings may also be normal.An awareness of a wide range of differential diagnoses alongside a multi-modality imaging approach is required to reach a diagnosis.Although there are several other case reports of AOP infarction in the literature, this is the first to present with transient symptoms initially mistaken for seizure activity.

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Aged, 80 and overAnticholesteremic AgentsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAspirinAtorvastatinCerebral ArteriesClopidogrelDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsStrokeTiclopidineVascular MalformationsAnticholesteremic AgentsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAspirinAtorvastatinClopidogrelPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsTiclopidinebrain stem / cerebellummalignant and benign haematologyneuroimagingstroke

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PMID29592977
PMCPMC5878405
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