Bilateral occipital infarcts associated with carotid atherosclerosis and a persistent hypoglossal artery

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-367

  Conforto, Adriana Bastos ^a   de Souza, Murilo ^a   Puglia Jr , Paulo ^a   Yamamoto, Fábio Iuji ^a   da Costa Leite, Claudia ^a   Scaff, Milberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiography; Anticoagulation; Aspirin; Carotid artery disease; Occipital infarction; Persistent hypoglossal artery; Persisting embryonic vessel; Secondary stroke prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTPATIENT; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; THALAMUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947325013     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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