Hippocampus infarct following a posterior cerebral artery occlusion.
case report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26738/poem.v2i1.29Keywords:
ischemic CVA, Emergency Patient ResuscitationAbstract
A 64-year-old gentleman, presented for subacute onset of short-term memory problem, preceded by headache, right arm numbness and visual disturbances. On neurological exam, he had anterograde amnesia, decreased pinprick sensation on his right arm and right homonymous hemianopsia.
Brain Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) showed subacute ischemic lesions in the left occipital lobe, hippocampus and thalamus, caused by a distal occlusion of the left Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA). A distal occlusion of the PCA led to multiple infarcts in different anatomical structures, causing a constellation of variant neurological signs.
Our case demonstrates an anterior hippocampus predominantly irrigated by the PCA.
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