Bilateral middle cerebral artery occlusions: Case report detailing successful treatment with timely mechanical thrombectomy.

Bilateral MCA Occlusion CT perfusion Embolus Stroke

Journal

Radiology case reports
ISSN: 1930-0433
Titre abrégé: Radiol Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101467888

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2020
Historique:
received: 07 12 2019
revised: 03 01 2020
accepted: 07 01 2020
entrez: 15 2 2020
pubmed: 15 2 2020
medline: 15 2 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Bilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion is a very rare and dangerous pathology, accounting for less than 1% of stroke presentations. Unless treated, the natural course of the disease leads to coma or death and thus is extremely important to be detected early and managed appropriately. We present the case of a 69-year-old lady who woke with right-sided weakness and was found to have a left middle cerebral artery stroke on arrival to her local hospital, which progressed to bilateral paresis and dysarthria whilst on transfer to a tertiary hospital for definitive management. The patient underwent emergent mechanical thrombectomy of bilateral middle cerebral artery occlusions and made a complete recovery. This case emphasis the importance of the early recognition of rare bilateral middle cerebral artery occlusions and demonstrates that timely and effective treatment can have favorable outcomes for patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32055260
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.01.007
pii: S1930-0433(20)30007-8
pmc: PMC7005501
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

362-366

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington.

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Auteurs

Paul B Heyworth (PB)

Radiology Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Blvd, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia.

Michelle Peterson (M)

Radiology Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Blvd, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia.

William James (W)

Neurosurgical Department, Gold Coast University Hospital.

Duncan Lyons (D)

Radiology Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Blvd, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia.

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