[Cerebral infarct caused by compression of the carotid artery in an alcohol intoxicated patient].

A 49 year-old woman developed a left sided hemiparesis with hemineglect after lying in an intoxicated condition for approximately half an hour with the right side of her neck on the metal edge of her bed. Dopplersonography of the intra- and extracranial vessels showed no abnormality of blood flow. On the right side of the neck a strangulation mark 8 cm of length was visible for several weeks. The CCT scan initially showed slight oedema. After 6 weeks changes corresponding to selective parenchymal necrosis were to be seen predominantly in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery.