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Isolation and Cannulation of Cerebral Parenchymal Arterioles
Published on: May 23, 2016
Multiple cerebral arterial stenosis associated with hepatitis B virus infection
Joon-Tae Kim1, Man-Seok Park, Tai-Seung Nam
1Department of Neurology, Cerebrovascular Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Background:
There are conflicting findings regarding the association between hepatitis B (HB) virus (HBV) infection and atherosclerosis.
Case Report:
A 34-year-old man was admitted for transient dysarthria and facial palsy. Ten years previously he had been diagnosed with HBV infection and treated with lamivudine (100 mg/day). Reactivation of HBV was detected 6 months before this recent admission. Serologic tests revealed that he was positive for HB early antigen, HB surface antigen, and anti-HB core. Brain magnetic resonance images were normal, but magnetic resonance angiograms revealed severe stenosis of the right middle cerebral artery, both external carotid arteries, and the basilar artery.
Conclusions:
This case report reveals that a young patient with reactivated HBV developed multiple arterial stenoses even though he had no risk factors for this disease.
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