An uncommon variant of fibromuscular dysplasia.
Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare cause of stroke affecting mostly young females. It is characterized by the typical "string of beads" sign located mostly bilaterally in the midcervical portion of the carotid or vertebral arteries. We present the uncommon case of borderzone hemispheric infarction in a man with isolated unilateral fibromuscular dysplasia affecting continuously the distal extracranial and proximal intracranial portion of the left internal carotid artery leading to distal hypoperfusion and ischemia.
Spengos
Konstantinos
K
University of Athens School of Medicine, Department of Neurology--Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece. spengos@hol.gr
Vassilopoulou
Sofia
S
Tsivgoulis
Georgios
G
Papadopoulou
Marianna
M
Vassilopoulos
Demetris
D
D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors