Carotid Endarterectomy in a Patient with Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction: Influence of Fetal Type PCA on Atypical Clinical Course.

Abstract

Fetal type PCA may positively affect clinical outcome in patients with ischemic stroke such as protection of a reserve blood flow capacity as well as negative effect on clinical outcome such as certain atypical pathological manifestations. We presented a patient with a posterior cerebral artery territory infarction due to an unexpected etiology as stenosis of internal carotid artery (ICA) with existence of fetal type PCA.

• Authors: Mehmet Kolukısa, Azize Esra Gürsoy, Gülşen Kocaman, Hümeyra Dürüyen, Hüseyin Toprak, Talip Asil
• Journal: Case reports in neurological medicine (Case Rep Neurol Med) Vol. 2015 Pg. 191202 ( 2015) ISSN: 2090-6668 [Print] United States
• PMID: 26171263 (Publication Type: Journal Article)