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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0026-1742</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0026-1742</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0026-17422018000500021</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Infarto bitalámico en el área de la arteria de Percheron]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Bithalamic infarction in Percheron artery area]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valdivieso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar Paulo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alcantar Villanueva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jaramillo Almaguer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agustín Tapia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yolanda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de Morelia &#8220;Dr. Miguel Silva&#8221; Departamento de radiología e imagen ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia Michoacán]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>61</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>21</fpage>
<lpage>23</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0026-17422018000500021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0026-17422018000500021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0026-17422018000500021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Caso de una paciente de 43 años, que acude al servicio de urgencias con alteraciones en el estado de conciencia, en el lenguaje y visuales. La valoró el servicio de neurología, se solicitó un estudio de resonancia magnética en el que se reportaron lesiones bitalámicas en el territorio de la arteria de Percheron, por lo que se estableció el diagnóstico de infarto bitalámico. Reconocer esta afectación por resonancia magnética es fundamental para el diagnóstico preciso de esta entidad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The case of a 43-year-old female patient is presented. She arrived to the emergency room of our hospital, with alterations in consciousness, language and vision. She was evaluated by the neurology department and requested a magnetic resonance, finding bithalamic lessions in the Percheron's artery area. This concluded in the diagnosis of a bithalamic infarct. Recognizing that a magnetic resonance is fundamental for the accurate diagnosis of this nosological entity.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lesiones bitalámicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[arteria de Percheron]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[resonancia magnética]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bitalamic lesions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Percheron artery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Magnetic resonance]]></kwd>
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