Stroke & Vascular Disorders
Ischemic stroke
Oct. 29, 2024
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Bilateral infarcts in the posterior limb of the internal capsule in a patient with Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome
A 48-year-old man with diabetes and hypertension had right-sided hemiplegia 1 year before he developed Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome acutely 2 days before admission. CT of the brain showed bilateral infarcts in the posterior limb of the internal capsule (shown in blue arrow and red circle). (Source: Sanker V, Srinivasan A, Emara M, Jagannath P, Mathew R. Atypical presentations of Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome (FCMS) in stroke. Cureus 2023;15[4]:e38030. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)