Acute Infarction in the Artery of Percheron Distribution during Cerebral Angiography: A Case Report and Literature Review

J Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Jul 31;12(7):1-9. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v12i7.3318. eCollection 2018 Jul.

Abstract

Improvements in techniques, contrast agents, and catheter design have significantly decreased angiography-related neurological deficits and complications. This article reports a case involving an angiographic total obliteration arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in a patient with an acute infarction in the artery of Percheron (AOP) distribution following angiography. Furthermore, imaging of an AOP acute infarction in cerebral angiography is presented.

Keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; Artery of Percheron; Cerebral angiography; Post-angiographic obliteration rebleeding; Thalamic infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Cerebral Angiography / adverse effects*
  • Cerebral Arteries / anatomy & histology
  • Cerebral Arteries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
  • Cerebral Infarction / therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis