Occlusion of uncommon anatomic variant of thalamic blood supply (so-called artery of Percheron) presenting as bilateral thalamic infarcts

Abstract

Two cases of bilateral thalamic infarction are discussed. Both patients presented similarly with decreased consciousness and visual disturbance within a 5-month period of a stroke rotation. Although infarcts restricted to the thalamus were reported for the first time more than 100 years ago by