title: Bilateral thalamic infarcts complicating basilar tip aneurysm coil embolisation. A result of unilateral perforating artery occlusion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center; Charlottesville, VA, USA - hjc5c@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cloft
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Kallmes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanzino
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dion