Presentation
Patient with progressive headache and left visual field deficit for last 24 hours
Patient Data
Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Right posterior cerebral artery territory infarct
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Right occipital subcortical ill-defined area of bright signal intensity on FLAIR images and evidence of diffusion restriction. Elsewhere there is chronic microvascular ischemic disease.
Case Discussion
Diffusion restriction in the right posterior cerebral artery territory represents an acute infarct and correlates with the patient's presentation of left visual field loss.