vertebral or posterior communicating arteries. Both patients, aged 46 and 52, were believed at increased risk of infarction in the future; one patient had a recurrent ischemic episode while on anticoagulants. An occipital to posterior-inferior cerebellar artery anastomosis was performed in each patient. Neither patient was worse after surgery and clinically was unchanged. Both anastomoses were ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although cardiac embolism has been shown to be the leading stroke mechanism of posterior cerebral artery (PCA) territory infarction, intrinsic PCA atherosclerotic disease may play a more important role in regions where intracranial diseases are prevalent. We aimed to assess the etiologies and stroke pattern of PCA territory infarction in a Korean population. METHOD We r...

BACKGROUND Cavernous carotid aneurysm (CCA) represents 2-9% of all intracranial aneurysms and 15% of internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms; additionally, giant aneurysms are those aneurysms that are > 25 mm in size. Bilateral CCAs account for 11-29% of patients and are commonly associated with structural weaknesses in the ICA wall, secondary to systemic hypertension. CCAs are considered benig...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Our aim was to investigate the disintegration of the geniculocalcarine tract by using DTI-derived parameters in cases of unilateral occipital or temporal-occipital ischemic stroke with geniculocalcarine tract involvement and to determine whether geniculocalcarine tract fibers affected by infarction and unaffected ipsilateral geniculocalcarine tract fibers have different d...

the identity of dead is an essential part of post-mortem examination. the identification of unknown human remnants begins with the creation of an anthropological profile, which includes sex, biological age, stature and individualizing features. the estimation of age at death is based on the bodily biological changes that occur throughout life. closure of spheno occipital synchondrosis is one of...

OBJECTIVE To present patients with stuttering speech in association with stroke. DESIGN Case series with follow-up for 5 years, or until the stuttering resolved. SETTING University and community hospital neurology wards, and ambulatory neurology clinics. PATIENTS Four patients who developed stuttering speech in association with an acute ischemic stroke. A 68-year-old man acutely developed...

Objective: Flat detector CT perfusion (FD-CTP) imaging is a new modality that permits rapid assessment of the state of perfusion in the angiography suite. We present a case in which FD-CTP was useful for the determination of the therapeutic strategy for embolism that occurred during angiography. Case Presentation: Cerebral angiography performed before surgery for brain tumor suggested left post...