title: Artery of Percheron infarction.
abstract: Artery of Percheron (AOP) is small perforating arteries supplying paramedian thalamus and mid-brain. The incidence of infarction is rare. We presented a 62-year-old man found conscious drowsy for 4 days. MRI revealed bilateral thalamic and midbrain infarction due to AOP occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
authors.forename: Guo-Sheng
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Kuei-Hong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Lung
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply*; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed