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case_images: Plain CT scan brain showing a massive right MCA territory infarct during admission.
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case_images: A plain computed tomography (CT) of brain on admission showed a massive infarct at the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory with a dense right MCA sign (Figure 1).
case_images: Digital subtraction angiography performed within 2 weeks of admission. The left-right common carotid artery lateral view was showing an absence of right internal carotid artery (ICA) branch (a). The middle-left vertebral artery lateral view was showing increased collaterals from posterior communicating artery (b). Finally the right-left ICA anterior view was showing a cross-supply of collaterals into the right ICA territory (c).
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case_images: fig2
case_images: Within 2 weeks after her admission, an occluded right internal carotid artery (ICA), a small and a stenotic right MCA with no opacification of the terminal branches were shown in the digital subtraction angiography (DSA) (Figure 2).