[Clinical case of the month. Cerebrovascular accident related to arterial brachiocephalic trunk stenosis].
The authors report the case of a 47-year old man, admitted for syncope and left-sided motor deficit. Diagnostic investigations revealed a right middle cerebral artery embolic stroke, secondary to a critical stenosis of the arterial brachiocephalic trunk, harboring a floating thrombus. The treatment options for occlusive lesions of the brachiocephalic trunk are discussed, as well as the optimal delay between stroke and brain revascularization.
Pirard
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Service de Neurologie, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège.
Belachew
S
S
Trotteur
G
G
Van Damme
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H
D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications