Cerebellar and Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarctions - Case 2

A 72 year-old woman developed the abrupt onset of falling to the right associated with loss of vision on the right side. She had a long standing history of diabetes and hypertension.


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Cerebellar and Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarctions: Diffusion-weighted MRI scans. Note the acute infarctions in the right cerebellum and left occipital/temporal lobe. This picture is consistent with either: 1) an embolus to the posterior circulation or 2) a right vertebral occlusion (resulting in the cerebellar strokes with a subsequent artery-to-artery embolus to the left posterior cerebral artery). In this case, the etiology was found to be an occlusion of the right vertebral artery.

Revised 11/06/06
Copyrighted 2006. David C Preston