Bilateral ischemia of the insular cortex after high altitude climbing: A case report.
Arrhythmia
High altitude
Insular
Stroke
Journal
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
ISSN: 1532-2653
Titre abrégé: J Clin Neurosci
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 9433352
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Historique:
received:
17
03
2019
accepted:
27
05
2019
pubmed:
4
7
2019
medline:
23
11
2019
entrez:
4
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
High altitude exposure could be related to neurological events such as stroke-like episodes, even if the exact pathogenic mechanism is still debated. We describe the case of a caucasian woman who had a bilateral insular ischemic stroke after a rapid ascent above 4000 m in which a secondary embolic dissemination due to a right insular stroke, maybe related to high altitude hemoconcentration, could be hypothesized. In our opinion a prolonged cardiac rhythm monitoring have to be considered especially when no other embolic sources are found and for lesions involving the insular cortex.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31266715
pii: S0967-5868(19)30522-3
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.05.049
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
276-277Informations de copyright
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