title: Isolated man-in-the-barrel syndrome following cardiac surgery.
abstract: A 59-year-old chronically hypertensive patient developed "man-in-the-barrel syndrome" following urgent coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). This syndrome describes a brachial diplegia with intact motor function of the legs. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed areas of ischaemia consistent with hypoperfusion leading to border-zone infarction between the territories of the anterior and middle cerebral arteries. The patient made a complete functional recovery.
authors.affiliation: National Cardiac Surgical Unit, Mater Hospital Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hurley
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000601:surgery; D001132:Arm; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome