Bilateral thalamic infarcts complicating basilar tip aneurysm coil embolisation. A result of unilateral perforating artery occlusion.
We report a case of bilateral thalamic infarcts with no apparent cause other than unilateral partial occlusion of the P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery caused by Guglielmi detachable coils in a basilar tip aneurysm. This case demonstrates that bilateral thalamic infarctions can result from a unilateral posterior cerebral artery stenosis or occlusion, and does not necessarily imply bilateral posterior cerebral artery abnormality.
Cloft
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Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center; Charlottesville, VA, USA - hjc5c@virginia.edu.
Kallmes
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Lanzino
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Jensen
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Dion
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