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Univerzitet u Sarajevu, Fakultet Zdravstvenih Studija, Journal of Health Sciences, 2019

DOI: 10.17532/jhsci.2019.696

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Transient coma as Percheron’s artery stroke

Journal article published in 2019 by Maria sofia Cotelli ORCID, Patrizia Civelli, Elisa Tosana, Marinella Turla
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Abstract

The artery of Percheron is a rare anatomic variation in the brain vascularization, in which a single arterial trunk arises from the posterior cerebral artery to supply both sides of brain structures, i.e., the thalamus and midbrain. Occlusion of this uncommon vessel results in a characteristic pattern of bilateral paramedian thalamic infarcts with or without mesencephalic infarctions. We report the case of a Caucasian woman who completely recovers after transient coma due to Percheron artery infarction.