The striatocapsular infarction and its aftermaths.
Ischaemic stroke syndromes in the vascular territory of middle cerebral artery may have atypical presentation and radiographic findings because of the variable anatomy of that artery. Therefore, misdiagnosis of these syndromes as neoplastic or infectious processes is not uncommon. This case describes a 69-year-old comatose woman who was referred to us as having 'a brain tumour with massive surrounding oedema.' Further work-up revealed that she had a large left-sided lenticular nuclear infarction with some extension into the surrounding areas-the striatocapsular infarction.
Department of Neurology, Sulaimaniya General Teaching Hospital, Sulaimaniya, Iraq. dr.osama.amin@gmail.com
Osama S M
OS
Amin
Hero M
HM
Zangana
Nawa A
NA
Ameen
D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000925:Anticoagulants