Bilateral carotid arteries occlusion.

medications. Neurological examination revealed decerebrate rigidity and bilateral Babinski signs. CT on one day after admission demonstrated broad low-density area in the bilateral cerebral hemispheres, including the area of bilateral anterior cerebral artery and middle cerebral artery, but sparing the brainstem and occipital lobe (figure 1). Bilateral internal carotid artery embolisation was identified according to the results of autopsy.