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Anatomical variations in the posterior part of the circle of willis and vascular pathology in bilateral thalamic infarction.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Bilateral paramedian thalamic infarction is a rare subtype of stroke the etiology of which still remains undetermined in many patients.
METHODS: From a computed tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance imaging report database, we identified and analyzed 48 patients with bilateral paramedian thalamic infarction on diffusion-weighted imaging. Vascular pathologies were noted on CT angiography (CTA)/magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and the P1 segments of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) described as normal, hypoplastic, or absent.
RESULTS: Vascular imaging revealed top of the basilar artery (BA) occlusion in 6 (12.5%), BA occlusion in 4 (8.3%), BA stenosis in 1 (2.1%), and BA hypoplasia in 3 (6.3%), PCA occlusion in 4 (8.3%), and PCA stenosis in 4 (8.3%) patients. In 18 (37.5%) patients, one or both P1 segments of the PCA were hypoplastic or absent. Patients with hypoplastic/absent P1 segments were more likely to have exclusively bilateral paramedian thalamic lesions (P < .001). An embolic source could be identified in 25 (55.6%) patients; there were no significant differences between both groups.
CONCLUSIONS: Vascular imaging is useful to determine underlying vascular pathologies and may support the diagnosis of small vessel disease in those patients with isolated bilateral paramedian thalamic infarction, hypoplastic/absent P1 segment of the PCA, and lack of vascular pathology.
METHODS: From a computed tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance imaging report database, we identified and analyzed 48 patients with bilateral paramedian thalamic infarction on diffusion-weighted imaging. Vascular pathologies were noted on CT angiography (CTA)/magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and the P1 segments of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) described as normal, hypoplastic, or absent.
RESULTS: Vascular imaging revealed top of the basilar artery (BA) occlusion in 6 (12.5%), BA occlusion in 4 (8.3%), BA stenosis in 1 (2.1%), and BA hypoplasia in 3 (6.3%), PCA occlusion in 4 (8.3%), and PCA stenosis in 4 (8.3%) patients. In 18 (37.5%) patients, one or both P1 segments of the PCA were hypoplastic or absent. Patients with hypoplastic/absent P1 segments were more likely to have exclusively bilateral paramedian thalamic lesions (P < .001). An embolic source could be identified in 25 (55.6%) patients; there were no significant differences between both groups.
CONCLUSIONS: Vascular imaging is useful to determine underlying vascular pathologies and may support the diagnosis of small vessel disease in those patients with isolated bilateral paramedian thalamic infarction, hypoplastic/absent P1 segment of the PCA, and lack of vascular pathology.
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