Bilateral medial frontal infarction in a case of azygous anterior cerebral artery stenosis

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1998 Apr;19(2):106-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02427567.

Abstract

We describe the unusual case of a 63-year-old woman with a history of arterial hypertension who presented a sudden weakness of the lower limbs followed by mutism, akinesia and dyspraxia. Magnetic resonance images showed a bilateral medial frontal infarction. Digital subtraction angiography documented a right azygous anterior cerebral artery with severe stenosis in its sub-callosal tract; the left anterior cerebral artery showed mild hypoplasia with only sub-frontal and fronto-polar branches. No embolic source was documented. Afterwards the patient presented a gradual and partial recovery of both motor and cognitive functions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / pathology*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Arteries / pathology
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / blood supply
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged