Bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarction presenting with acute paraparesis and parkinsonism

In patients with acute-onset paraparesis inferior, the concurrent presence of new onset cortical signs (abulia or mutism), and more rarely extrapyramidal signs, should alert clinicians to consider acute anterior bihemispheric ischemia. Prompt recognition of this rare form of acute cerebral stroke can enable timely delivering of acute thrombolytic or endovascular treatment.

Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - December 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Forsberg, J., Blaabjerg, M., Diaz, A., Gaist, T. A., Christensen, A., Gaist, D. Tags: All Imaging, All Clinical Neurology, Clinical neurology examination, Parkinson's disease/Parkinsonism, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke Case Source Type: research