ICTUS ISQUÉMICO EN EL TERRITORIO DE LA ARTERIA CEREBRAL MEDIA IZQUIERDA DE CAUSA INHABITUAL

Resumen

Presentamos el caso de un paciente con ictus de causa inhabitual (secundario a un embolismo arterial tras una trombosis de aneurisma gigante en porción cervical de la carótida interna izquierda), enterritorio de la arteria cerebral media izquierda. Asimismo, se complementa con una breve revisión dela literatura sobre los aneurismas carotídeos extracraneales.

Palabras clave. Aneurisma carotídeo extracraneal. Aneurisma gigante carotídeo. Causa inhabitual de ictus. Test de oclusión. Baipás carotídeo.

ISCHEMIC STROKE OF UNUSUAL CAUSE IN THE LEFT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY TERRITORY

Abstract
We present the case of a patient with an ischemic stroke of unusual cause (secondary to an arterial embolism after a giant intracranial aneurysm thrombosis in the cervical portion of the left internal carotid), in the left middle cerebral artery. We also include a brief review of the literature on extracranial carotid aneurysms as supplementing material.

Key words. Extracranial carotid aneurysm, giant carotid aneurysm, unusual cause ofischemic stroke, oclussion test, carotid bypass.