Vascular compression from goiter as an unusual cause of cerebrovascular accident.
The unusual case of a patient with goiter and left faciobrachiocrural paresis due to right temporoparietal infarction is reported. Cerebral angioscintigram and arteriography showed a brachiocephalic and right subclavian stenosis secondary to compression by an extended thyroid nodule.
Silvestri
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R
Clinica Neurologica I, Università di Messina.
De Domenico
P
P
Raffaele
M
M
Lombardo
N
N
Casella
C
C
Gugliotta
M A
MA
Meduri
M
M
D000818:Animals; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging