Open AccessCerebral infarction due to anterior choroidal artery occlusion caused by posterior communicating artery aneurysm compression
Author(s) -
Sher-Wei Lim,
Chin-Hong Chang,
Chao-Hong Yeh,
Chung-Ching Chio,
ChihWei Chen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
formosan journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2213-5413
pISSN - 1682-606X
DOI - 10.1016/j.fjs.2011.12.004
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior choroidal artery , posterior cerebral artery , cerebral infarction , occlusion , aneurysm , thrombus , infarction , cardiology , anterior cerebral artery , posterior communicating artery , ischemia , cerebral arteries , subarachnoid hemorrhage , lesion , radiology , surgery , middle cerebral artery , myocardial infarction
SummaryCerebral infarction may be associated with underlying aneurysms. Such episodes of ischemia may be caused by thromboembolism, emboli originating from a thrombosed aneurysm, or may be secondary to an occlusion of the parent vessel with a thrombus.1,2 Mechanical obstruction of the cerebral artery by a neighbored lesion might be one possible cause of cerebral infarction. This should be considered if the symptoms and signs of cerebral infarction follow such a disorder as subarachnoid hemorrhage or mass are shown by a positive imaging study. Here we report a case of cerebral infarction due to anterior choroidal artery occlusion caused by posterior communicating artery aneurysm