Symmetrical isolated globus pallidus infarction due to bilateral carotid artery dissection

A 43-year-old woman presented 1 day after whiplash injury with behavior change, hypersomnia, and abulia. MRI showed symmetrical globus pallidus infarction and bilateral watershed hypoperfusion. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed bilateral carotid artery dissection. To our knowledge, isolate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Trandafir, Cassiana, Renard, Dimitri, Cagnazzo, Federico, Ion, Ioana Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Neuro-Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9343219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35915270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06278-3
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Sumario:A 43-year-old woman presented 1 day after whiplash injury with behavior change, hypersomnia, and abulia. MRI showed symmetrical globus pallidus infarction and bilateral watershed hypoperfusion. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed bilateral carotid artery dissection. To our knowledge, isolated symmetrical globus pallidus infarction related to bilateral carotid dissection has never been reported earlier.

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