title: Acute bilateral cerebellar infarction in the territory of the medial branches of posterior inferior cerebellar arteries.
abstract: The most frequent type of cerebellar infarcts involved the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) and superior cerebellar artery territories but bilateral involvement of lateral or medial branches of PICA is extremely rare. In this report, we present a 55-year-old male who admitted to hospital with vomiting, nausea and dizziness. On examination left-sided hemiparesia and ataxic gait were detected. Infarct on bilateral medial branch of PICA artery territories was found out with cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique and 99% stenosis of the left vertebral artery was found out with digital subtraction arteriography. The patient was put on heparin treatment. After 3 weeks, his complaints and symptoms had disappeared except for mild gait ataxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey. gunfism@ada.net.tr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gurer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cekirge
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saribas
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin