Fetal variant of circle of the Willis and bilateral symmetrical parietal stroke

Neurol Sci. 2012 Apr;33(2):309-11. doi: 10.1007/s10072-011-0681-6. Epub 2011 Jul 6.

Abstract

We described a rare case in which a congenital abnormal vascular structure associated with mild hyperhomocysteinemia could have caused an ischemic stroke, with an unusual localization in the border-zone of MCA and PCA. We think that the lack of compensatory flow distribution from the right vertebral artery and the right posterior communicating artery probably determined the bilateral ischemic lesions in a patient, who possibly had hypotensive crisis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Circle of Willis / abnormalities*
  • Circle of Willis / diagnostic imaging
  • Homocystine
  • Humans
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia / complications
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology*
  • Radiography
  • Stroke / complications*

Substances

  • Homocystine