Focal luxury perfusion with an early-filling vein in relation to neurological symptoms evoked by heat.
A 50-year-old man with a 1-year history of transient attacks of left total hemiparesis was admitted to hospital with a complaint of increasing frequency of attacks. Minimal or moderate left hemiparesis was elicited by elevation of environmental temperature when taking a hot bath or a hot shower. Right carotid angiography revealed an early-filling vein near the right central sulcus. An increase of focal luxury perfusion by elevation of body temperature seemed to cause relative ischaemia in this paracentral gyrus.
D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000098:blood supply*; D010690:Phlebography