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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1816-8949</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1816-8949</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[EFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1816-89492022000300122</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/anales/2022.055.03.122</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Oclusión de la arteria de Percherón: Presentación atípica de Ictus isquémico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Percheron&#8217;s artery oclussion: An atypical stroke syndrome]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Galeano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aranda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gonzalo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Obelar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Noelia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Müller]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital de Clínicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>55</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>122</fpage>
<lpage>125</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1816-89492022000300122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1816-89492022000300122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1816-89492022000300122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El tálamo posee una irrigación vascular compleja, llena de variantes anatómicas de relevancia para los estudiantes de la medicina. La presencia y el infarto producido por la oclusión de la arteria de Percherón es caracterizado por un cuadro clínico raro, poco conocido por los médicos del Servicio de Urgencias. Generalmente está asociado a la triada de alteración de la consciencia, parálisis de la mirada vertical y alteraciones de la memoria. Presentamos el caso de un varón de 54 años que se presenta con alteración del sensorio, somnolencia y alteraciones de la memoria, en el que no se pudo realizar terapia adecuada debido al desconocimiento de dicha entidad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The thalamus has a complex vascular supply, full of anatomical variants of relevance to medical students. The presence of the Percheron artery is one of these anatomical variants, and the infarction produced by its occlusion is characterized by a rare clinical picture, little known by doctors in the Emergency Department. It is generally associated with the triad of impaired consciousness, vertical gaze palsy, and memory disturbance. We present the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with altered sensorium, drowsiness and memory alterations, in whom adequate therapy could not be carried out due to ignorance of this entity.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Arteria de Percherón]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infarto bilateral talámico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ictus isquémico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hospital de Clínicas.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Artery of Percheron]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bilateral Thalamic Stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Isquemic Stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hospital de Clinicas.]]></kwd>
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