Transient ischemic attack due to multiple spontaneous calcified embolus of the cerebral arteries on a calcified mitral and aortic stenosis

Reda Taoussi, MD; Hajar Khattab, MD; Abdelhamid Jadib, MD; Anouar Daki, MD; Hajar Bendahou, MD; Mouna Sabiri, MD; Samia El Manjra, MD; Samira Lezar, MD; Fatiha Essodegui, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Sep 2022)

Transient ischemic attack due to multiple spontaneous calcified embolus of the cerebral arteries on a calcified mitral and aortic stenosis

Reda Taoussi, MD,
Hajar Khattab, MD,
Abdelhamid Jadib, MD,
Anouar Daki, MD,
Hajar Bendahou, MD,
Mouna Sabiri, MD,
Samia El Manjra, MD,
Samira Lezar, MD,
Fatiha Essodegui, MD

Affiliations

Reda Taoussi, MD: Central Imaging Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco
Hajar Khattab, MD: Department of Neurology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco
Abdelhamid Jadib, MD: Central Imaging Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco; Corresponding author.
Anouar Daki, MD: Central Imaging Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco
Hajar Bendahou, MD: Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco
Mouna Sabiri, MD: Central Imaging Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco
Samia El Manjra, MD: Central Imaging Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco
Samira Lezar, MD: Central Imaging Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco
Fatiha Essodegui, MD: Central Imaging Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, 1 quartier des hopitaux, Casablanca, Morocco

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 9
pp. 2899 – 2901

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We report a case of calcified mitral and aortic stenosis revealed by a reversible ischemic stroke. A 59-year-old male patient, with background of hypertension, kidney failure, diabetes, and dyslipidemia, presented with neither acute onset of right-sided hemiparesis without aphasia nor any loss of consciousness. Head computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple rounded and amorph calcified high-density calcifications within the distal segments of both sylvian and posterior cerebral arteries. Angiographic CT of the carotids didn't reveal any stenosis or atherosclerotic plaques. Thoracic CT showed massive mitral and aortic valvular calcifications with a left ventricular hypertrophy.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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