Bilateral internal carotid artery occlusions resulting in near total acute brain infraction

Alexander Y Zubkov; Bryan T Klassen; Melinda S Burnett; Alejandro A Rabinstein

doi:10.1007/s12028-007-0076-y

Bilateral internal carotid artery occlusions resulting in near total acute brain infraction

Neurocrit Care. 2007;7(3):247-9. doi: 10.1007/s12028-007-0076-y.

Authors

Alexander Y Zubkov¹, Bryan T Klassen, Melinda S Burnett, Alejandro A Rabinstein

Affiliation

¹ Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. zubkov.alexander@mayo.edu

PMID: 17653630
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0076-y

Abstract

Acute bilateral acute carotid arteries occlusion is a very rare condition. We describe a patient with initial right middle cerebral artery syndrome who developed coma and quadriplegia 1 h after thrombolysis with intravenous tPA and was found to have bilateral cervical internal carotid artery occlusion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Brain Infarction / etiology*
Carotid Artery, Internal*
Carotid Stenosis / complications*
Carotid Stenosis / diagnosis
Carotid Stenosis / therapy
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Thrombolytic Therapy
Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents
Tissue Plasminogen Activator