Artery of Percheron infarction associated with COVID-19 in the young adult

Aleksandar Pantovic; Toplica Lepic; Viktor Pasovski; Zeljko Krsmanovic; Ranko Raicevic

doi:10.1007/s13365-021-01020-9

Artery of Percheron infarction associated with COVID-19 in the young adult

J Neurovirol. 2021 Dec;27(6):951-953. doi: 10.1007/s13365-021-01020-9. Epub 2021 Nov 4.

Authors

Aleksandar Pantovic¹, Toplica Lepic², Viktor Pasovski³, Zeljko Krsmanovic³, Ranko Raicevic²

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Clinic, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia. alekpan82@yahoo.com.
² Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Clinic, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia.
³ Neurology Clinic, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia.

Abstract

The artery of Percheron is a small vessel whose occlusion causes bilateral paramedian thalamic and rostral midbrain stroke. COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for acute small vessel ischemic stroke. We presented the case of a young adult patient with infarction in the artery of Percheron territory as a presenting feature of COVID-19. Artery of Percheron infarction is a neurodiagnostic challenge in emergency during COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Artery of percheron; COVID-19; Young adult stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arteries
COVID-19* / complications
Cerebral Infarction / complications
Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Pandemics
Thalamus / diagnostic imaging
Young Adult