BILATERAL MEDIAL FRONTAL INFARCTION IN A CASE OF AZYGOUS ANTERIOR CEREBRAL-ARTERY STENOSIS

Citation
G. Orlandi et al., BILATERAL MEDIAL FRONTAL INFARCTION IN A CASE OF AZYGOUS ANTERIOR CEREBRAL-ARTERY STENOSIS, Italian journal of neurological sciences, 19(2), 1998, pp. 106-108
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
ISSN journal
03920461
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
106 - 108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-0461(1998)19:2<106:BMFIIA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We describe the unusual case of a 63-year-old woman with a history of arterial hypertension who presented a sudden weakness of the lower Lim bs followed by mutism, akinesia and dyspraxia. Magnetic resonance imag es showed a bilateral medial frontal infarction. Digital subtraction a ngiography documented a right azygous anterior cerebral artery with se vere stenosis in its sub-callosal tract; the left anterior cerebral ar tery showed mild hypoplasia with only sub-frontal and fronto-polar bra nches. No embolic source was documented. Afterwards the patient presen ted a gradual and partial recovery of both motor and cognitive functio ns.