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Acute left anterior cerebral artery territory infarction

Case contributed by Fahd Alshehri
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Acute right hemiparesis

Patient Data

Age: 85 years
Gender: Male

Non-enhanced axial CT scan of the brain with coronal reformatted images show a longitudinal area of low-attenuation involving the parafalcine left frontal lobe, associated with sulcal effacement in keeping with acute left ACA territorial infarction. 

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