Ischemic Stroke due to Intracranial Embolization of a Pelvic Phlebolith in a Pregnant Patient Successfully Treated by Surgical Embolectomy following Attempted Endovascular Thrombectomy
An unusual case of ischemic stroke due to calcified cerebral embolus occurring in a pregnant patient during the peripartum period is reported. The source of the embolus was suspected to be a pelvic phlebolith in origin which paradoxically embolized via a patent foramen ovale to the supraclinoid righ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Radiology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/1653631 |
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