A 62 year old male patient presented with signs and symptoms of stroke. MR angiography revealed thrombus in the posterior cerebral aery. All of the following structures may be affected by the lesion except
The poserior cerebral aery (PCA) does not supply the pons The branches of the posterior cerebral aery are : Coical branches Occipital lobe- Visual coex Temporal lobe- medial and inferolateral surfaces Central branches Thalamus Subthalamus Lentiform nucleus Midbrain Pineal gland Superior and inferior colliculi Medial and lateral geniculate bodies Choroidal branches : Choroid plexus of Lateral ventricle Third ventricle Ref: Snell's Clinical neuroanatomy 8th edition Pgno: 467
Choroid plexus of III ventricle
Midbrain
Pons
Lentiform nucleus
Brain 