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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Main Authors: Sherwin Azad, John Anson, Tamara Majic, Raisa Lev, Varoujan Kostanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2023-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Radiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/1653631