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Case Reports
. 1990 Jun;11(3):307-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF02333865.

Vascular compression from goiter as an unusual cause of cerebrovascular accident

R Silvestri  1 , P De Domenico, M Raffaele, N Lombardo, C Casella, M A Gugliotta, M Meduri
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Case Reports

Vascular compression from goiter as an unusual cause of cerebrovascular accident

R Silvestri et al. Ital J Neurol Sci. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

The unusual case of a patient with goiter and left faciobrachiocrural paresis due to right temporoparietal infarction is reported. Cerebral angioscintigram and arteriography showed a brachiocephalic and right subclavian stenosis secondary to compression by an extended thyroid nodule.

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