Abstract

SERRA VALDES, Miguel A; SERRA RUIZ, Melissa  and  COMAS VALDESPINO, Rafael. Ischemic mesencephalic infarction: Weber's syndrome. Rev cubana med [online]. 2018, vol.57, n.3, pp. 43-49. ISSN 1561-302X.

Cerebrovascular disease is the third leading cause of death in the adult population, the leading cause of disability worldwide and the second cause of dementia. It is a current health problem related to other chronic noncommunicable diseases. We present a case of atherothrombotic mesencephalic ischemic infarction in a 77-year-old woman with the clinical expression of Weber syndrome, which is a crossed or alternating clinical syndrome and neurology by pedicle injury. It is rare and, at the same time, the most frequent alternating brainstem.

Keywords : Weber syndrome; alternating hemiplegia; Ischemic infarction; Arteriosclerosis.

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