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.


Note the Left Posterior Cerebral Artery Cut-Off

Cerebellar and Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarctions: Intracranial MRA. Note the abrupt cut-off of the left posterior cerebral artery (PCA), whereas the middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) and anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs) are well seen. This picture is consistent with either an embolus from a proximal source (either proximal artery, aorta or heart). In this case, the etiology was found to be a right vertebral occlusion.

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