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Published on: August 11, 2023
Embolic stroke induced by rotational persistent 1st intersegmental artery compression
Yasuhiro Takeshima1, Yasushi Motoyama1, Ichiro Nakagawa1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan.
A 45-year-old man suffered multiple cerebral infarctions in the vertebrobasilar artery territory, followed by second stroke against conservative treatment. Radiological examinations revealed intra-arterial defect in left persistent 1st intersegmental artery (PFIA) at C1 level, suggesting mural thrombus, and mechanical compression of left PFIA at the level with head rotation to the right clearly revealed by reconstructed 3-dimensional radiological images, but no findings of atlantoaxial instability. One month after the second stroke, posterior fixation was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful without subsequent stroke for 24 months. This unique case demonstrated that PFIA might associate with cerebral stroke as a clinical condition of bow hunter's stroke even in middle age. Reconstructed 3-dimensional radiological images might be useful for clear demonstration of the pathophysiology in this complex clinical entity.
A 45-year-old man suffered multiple cerebral infarctions in the vertebrobasilar artery territory, followed by second stroke against conservative treatment. Radiological examinations revealed intra-arterial defect in left persistent 1st intersegmental artery (PFIA) at C1 level, suggesting mural thrombus, and mechanical compression of left PFIA at the level with head rotation to the right clearly revealed by reconstructed 3-dimensional radiological images, but no findings of atlantoaxial instability. One month after the second stroke, posterior fixation was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful without subsequent stroke for 24 months. This unique case demonstrated that PFIA might associate with cerebral stroke as a clinical condition of bow hunter's stroke even in middle age. Reconstructed 3-dimensional radiological images might be useful for clear demonstration of the pathophysiology in this complex clinical entity.
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