A rare variant of thalamic stroke- artery of Percheron infarct

Shreenidhi R.; Manoj Sivasamy; Nishaanth M. K.; Sathish Kumar; Prasanna Karthik S.

doi:10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20230066

Authors

Shreenidhi R. Department of Medicine, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Manoj Sivasamy Department of Medicine, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nishaanth M. K. Department of Medicine, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sathish Kumar Department of Medicine, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Prasanna Karthik S. Department of Medicine, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20230066

Keywords:

Artery of percheron, Sudden loss of consciousness, Vertical gaze palsy, Memory impairment

Abstract

The thalamus is a walnut-sized structure that is located in the brain which receives rich blood supply from posterior cerebral artery and its communicating branches. One of the unusual presentations is the infarction of artery of percheron. Hereby reporting a case of 68-year-old female with no known co-morbidities who presented to the emergency department with complaints of sudden onset loss of consciousness in the morning. On further investigation, was found to have infarction of one of the variants of thalamic perforating arteries.

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