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Acute MCA territory infarct

Case contributed by Hesham Elkhwalka
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Right sided weakness, right facial drop, and expressive dysphasia.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
ct

Hyperdense left MCA, loss of left insular ribbon sign, ill defined left temporal cortical and subcortical hypodensity, and ill defined left basal ganglia.

Case Discussion

Good demonstration of early signs of acute MCA territory infract on non contrast CT brain study.

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