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Case of the Month: August 2025

Case history

  • 70-year-old patient presented with sudden-onset confusion and vertical gaze palsy.

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Artery of Percheron Infarct

  • Acute bithalamic infarcts were identified in the territory of the artery of Percheron.

  • The artery of Percheron is a rare anatomical variant — a single trunk arising from the posterior cerebral artery that supplies both paramedian thalami and the rostral midbrain.

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