title: Corkscrew angiopathy of intracranial vessels in a young stroke patient: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We present a rare finding of a 'corkscrew appearance' of the distal cerebral vessels in a young Asian woman who presented with acute stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 32-year-old Asian woman presented with a 3-month history of recurrent right-sided transient ischemic attacks. Her clinical workup and brain imaging results were normal. A digital subtraction angiogram revealed an abnormal corkscrew appearance of all intracranial distal vessels. She was discharged on a single antiplatelet drug. She had no further transient ischemic attacks on clinical follow-up. A digital subtraction angiogram performed 1 year later revealed no changes in the appearance of these vessels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the best of our knowledge no similar previous reports exist in the literature. The present report describes a unique case of an unusual corkscrew appearance of the distal intracranial vessels. However, the underlying etiology in the present case remains unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurointervention, KEM Hospital, Pune, India. drklsp@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alurkar
authors.forename: Lakshmi Sudha P
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Karanam
authors.forename: Sagar P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Oak