Hemodynamic changes in limb shaking TIA associated with anterior cerebral artery stenosis

Neurology. 2004 Oct 26;63(8):1519-21. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000142087.24542.58.

Abstract

Limb shaking TIA is a rare but well-known feature of severe carotid artery stenosis. The authors report a patient who developed recurrent shaking movements of a leg. An angiogram showed the focal stenosis of the anterior cerebral artery. Ictal and postacetazolamide SPECT scans suggested a local hyperfunction of cortical neurons and an impaired hemodynamic reserve in the vicinity of the ischemic area.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetazolamide
  • Anterior Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Anterior Cerebral Artery / pathology*
  • Anterior Cerebral Artery / physiopathology
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation / drug effects
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / complications*
  • Constriction, Pathologic / pathology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / physiopathology
  • Corpus Callosum / blood supply
  • Corpus Callosum / diagnostic imaging
  • Corpus Callosum / pathology
  • Female
  • Gyrus Cinguli / blood supply
  • Gyrus Cinguli / diagnostic imaging
  • Gyrus Cinguli / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / pathology*
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / physiopathology
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / complications*
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / pathology
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / physiopathology
  • Leg / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement Disorders / etiology*
  • Movement Disorders / pathology
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
  • Acetazolamide