Artery of Percheron infarction associated with COVID-19 in the young adult

The artery of Percheron is a small vessel whose occlusion causes bilateral paramedian thalamic and rostral midbrain stroke. COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for acute small vessel ischemic stroke. We presented the case of a young adult patient with infarction in the artery of Percheron territo...

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Autores principales: Pantovic, Aleksandar, Lepic, Toplica, Pasovski, Viktor, Krsmanovic, Zeljko, Raicevic, Ranko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8567968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34735691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13365-021-01020-9
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Sumario:The artery of Percheron is a small vessel whose occlusion causes bilateral paramedian thalamic and rostral midbrain stroke. COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for acute small vessel ischemic stroke. We presented the case of a young adult patient with infarction in the artery of Percheron territory as a presenting feature of COVID-19. Artery of Percheron infarction is a neurodiagnostic challenge in emergency during COVID-19 pandemic.

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