Hemidystonia-hemiatrophy syndrome following placement of internal carotid artery flow diverter stent.

Abstract

We report hemidystonia and cerebral hemiatrophy in a 39-year old woman beginning three months after placement of an internal carotid artery flow diverting stent for supraclinoid aneurysm, complicated by early post-procedural stroke. We highlight the unusual demographics and short latency to onset, as well as the occurrence of striatal mineralisation, which may reflect ongoing neurodegeneration, but has also been suggested to contribute to oxidative neuronal injury. The late age of the inciting cerebral insult and of onset of the movement disorder, temporal course, and relation to endovascular intervention serve to expand the spectrum of this unusual condition.