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Lee, Kim, Seo, Suk, and Oh: Multidetector Row CT Detection of a Patent Foramen Ovale Causing Neurologic Deficits in an Adolescent: A Case Report
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Cardiovascular Radiology
Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology 2012; 66(2): 129-132.

Published online: 14 February 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.0000/jksr.2012.66.2.129

Multidetector Row CT Detection of a Patent Foramen Ovale Causing Neurologic Deficits in an Adolescent: A Case Report

Jung Bin Lee, MD1, Dong Hun Kim, MD2, Hye-Sun Seo, MD3, Eun Ha Suk, MD4, Jae Hee Oh, MD2

1Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.

2Department of Radiology, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea.

3Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.

4Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Dong Hun Kim, MD. Department of Radiology, Chosun University College of Medicine, 365 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-717, Korea. Tel. 82-62-220-3543, Fax. 82-62-228-9051, dhk0827@naver.com

Received 21 June 2011       Accepted 24 October 2011

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Society of Radiology

Abstract

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a persisting fetal circulation structural abnormality that can cause neurologic deficits such as migraine and cryptogenic stroke. Here we report a case of PFO diagnosed by cardiac multidetector row CT in an adolescent male with chronic migraine and stroke.

Keywords: Computed Tomography, Heart, Computed Tomography, Stroke, Heart, Disease, Patent Foramen Ovale

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