Presentation
Left-sided body weakness
Patient Data
Age: Adult
Gender: Male
From the case:
Acute cerebral infarct with hyperdense MCA sign
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Axial non-contrast

Acute right middle cerebral artery infarct with hyperdense artery sign.
A darker window is used to accentuate the low attenuation areas of the infarct.
Case Discussion
This case illustrates some of the early signs of an acute infarct including:
- hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign
- vanishing basal ganglia sign
- loss of insular ribbon sign
- sulcal effacement