title: Vascular corticobasal syndrome caused by unilateral internal carotid artery occlusion.
abstract: A 65-year-old man developed progressive worsening of right-sided limb-kinetic apraxia and extrapyramidal dysfunction. His left internal carotid artery was found to be occluded, and there was general atrophy and severely decreased cerebral blood flow in the left hemisphere. He had experienced an acute infarction in the left watershed area before superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass surgery. After surgery, the cerebral blood flow in the left hemisphere was remarkably improved. Unilateral internal carotid artery occlusion may result in clinical manifestations similar to corticobasal degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Fujisawa City Hospital, Fujisawa, Yokohama City, Japan. Electronic address: mmmyosuke@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyaji
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Mutsumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitomi
authors.forename: Yume
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001072:Apraxias / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001284:Atrophy / Q000150:complications; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome