title: [Subcortical infarcts (caudate nucleus) in a case of bilateral anterior cerebral artery occlusion].
abstract: The authors describe a patient with bilateral anterior cerebral artery (ACA) occlusion. CT and MRI revealed bilateral encephalomalacia in the regions supplied by Heubner arteries and/or by perforating branches of ACA. The patient presented mainly with frontal symptomatology resulting from caudate nuclei lesion. Frontal symptomatology due to caudate impairment is discussed in the sense of frontal-subcortical circuits: lateral orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate ones. We emphasise a similarity of behavioural and cognitive disorders in early Huntington's disease and in frontal lobe lesion.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurologicznej Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Halicka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jankowicz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Drozdowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kochanowicz
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000098:blood supply*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed