Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- PART I CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
- PART II VASCULAR TOPOGRAPHIC SYNDROMES
- 29 Arterial territories of human brain
- 30 Superficial middle cerebral artery syndromes
- 31 Lenticulostriate arteries
- 32 Anterior cerebral artery
- 33 Anterior choroidal artery territory infarcts
- 34 Thalamic infarcts and hemorrhages
- 35 Caudate infarcts and hemorrhages
- 36 Posterior cerebral artery
- 37 Large and panhemispheric infarcts
- 38 Multiple, multilevel and bihemispheric infarcts
- 39 Midbrain infarcts
- 40 Pontine infarcts and hemorrhages
- 41 Medullary infarcts and hemorrhages
- 42 Cerebellar stroke syndromes
- 43 Extended infarcts in the posterior circulation (brainstem/cerebellum)
- 44 Border zone infarcts
- 45 Classical lacunar syndromes
- 46 Putaminal hemorrhages
- 47 Lobar hemorrhages
- 48 Intraventricular hemorrhages
- 49 Subarachnoid hemorrhage syndromes
- 50 Brain venous thrombosis syndromes
- 51 Carotid occlusion syndromes
- 52 Cervical artery dissection syndromes
- 53 Syndromes related to large artery thromboembolism within the vertebrobasilar system
- 54 Spinal stroke syndromes
- Index
- Plate section
33 - Anterior choroidal artery territory infarcts
from PART II - VASCULAR TOPOGRAPHIC SYNDROMES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- PART I CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
- PART II VASCULAR TOPOGRAPHIC SYNDROMES
- 29 Arterial territories of human brain
- 30 Superficial middle cerebral artery syndromes
- 31 Lenticulostriate arteries
- 32 Anterior cerebral artery
- 33 Anterior choroidal artery territory infarcts
- 34 Thalamic infarcts and hemorrhages
- 35 Caudate infarcts and hemorrhages
- 36 Posterior cerebral artery
- 37 Large and panhemispheric infarcts
- 38 Multiple, multilevel and bihemispheric infarcts
- 39 Midbrain infarcts
- 40 Pontine infarcts and hemorrhages
- 41 Medullary infarcts and hemorrhages
- 42 Cerebellar stroke syndromes
- 43 Extended infarcts in the posterior circulation (brainstem/cerebellum)
- 44 Border zone infarcts
- 45 Classical lacunar syndromes
- 46 Putaminal hemorrhages
- 47 Lobar hemorrhages
- 48 Intraventricular hemorrhages
- 49 Subarachnoid hemorrhage syndromes
- 50 Brain venous thrombosis syndromes
- 51 Carotid occlusion syndromes
- 52 Cervical artery dissection syndromes
- 53 Syndromes related to large artery thromboembolism within the vertebrobasilar system
- 54 Spinal stroke syndromes
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
Introduction
Since the first reports of an anterior choroidal artery (AChA) infarct by Kolisko in 1891, and Foix et al. in 1925, the clinical pattern of this type of infarction has varied according to isolated cases and small series. The classical triad of Foix et al., consisting of hemiplegia, hemianesthesia, and homonymous hemianopia is rare and it is not specific of the AChA territory (Foix et al., 1925). This clinical pattern can also result from infarction of the deep or superficial branches of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and the penetrating brainstem arteries. Until the utilization of brain CT scanning in the French studies by Cambier et al. (1983), and Masson et al. (1983), there were less than 25 cases of AChA-territory infarction reported in the literature (Kolisko, 1891; Foix et al., 1925; Cambier et al., 1983; Masson et al., 1983; Poppi, 1928a,b; Ley, 1932; Abbie, 1933a,b; Austregesilo & Borges Fortes, 1983; Steegman & Roberts, 1935; Trelles & Lazorthes, 1939; Hansen & Peters, 1940; Mettler et al., 1954; Morello & Cooper, 1955; Pertuiset et al., 1962; Denecheau, 1963; Fisher, 1965a; Buge et al., 1979; Takahasi et al., 1980; Cooper, 1954). With the development of new radiological technology, infarcts in the AChA-territory have received a new interest (Bruno et al., 1989; Decroix et al., 1986; Ghika et al., 1989; Helgason & Wilbur, 1990; Levy et al., 1995; Leys et al., 1994; Mohr et al., 1991; Paroni Sterbini et al., 1987; Helgason, 1988; Helgason et al., 1986; Hupperts et al., 1994).
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- Stroke Syndromes , pp. 451 - 460Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001
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