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ArticleHeliyon2021

Vascular pattern and radiological follow up in a case of pontine warning syndrome.

Carmelo Tiberio Currò, Isabella Francalanza, Masina Cotroneo, Cristina Dell'Aera, Carmela Casella, Paolino La Spina, Maria Carolina Fazio, Francesco Grillo, Antonio Toscano, Rosa Fortunata Musolino

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Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Carmelo Tiberio CurròStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Isabella FrancalanzaStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Masina CotroneoStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Cristina Dell'AeraStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Carmela CasellaStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Paolino La SpinaStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Maria Carolina FazioStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Francesco GrilloStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Antonio ToscanoStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Rosa Fortunata MusolinoStroke Unit, Department of Medical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · IT

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Abstract

Pontine warning syndrome (PWS) is a condition characterized by crescendo transient ischemic attacks due to pontine ischemia. The reported case described a 72-year-old woman who presented repetitive sudden episodes of double vision, impaired balance, slurred speech and right-sided weakness. Neurological deficits lasted a few minutes-hours and disappeared during the first seven days after onset. On the 1st day, MRI revealed acute left paramedian pontine infarction with focal swelling. Supra-aortic vessel imagining revealed bilateral internal carotid stenosis of 50%; hypoplasia of the left vertebral artery. On the 7th day, MRI showed a tissue swelling reduction, and from that day, she had no symptoms. These clinical and radiological features were suggestive of PWS. Our patient presented a particular vascular pattern that could favour symptoms fluctuation. We performed a close MRI follow up and it allowed us to observe a clinical stabilization in association with edema reduction.

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Acute pontine ischemiaCarotid stenosisMRI follow upPontine warning syndromeVertebral artery hypoplasia

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