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case_images: Cracked red lips in our patient (with permission).
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case_images: On the 3rd day of admission time, his temperature was 39.5  C and we found obvious cracked red lips (figure 1).
case_images: T2W MR shows hyperintensities in the left basal ganglia and external capsule (arrow).
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case_images: Brain MRI revealed high signal abnormalities in the left basal ganglia and external capsule that was compatible with arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) due to emboli or thrombosis (figure 2).
case_images: Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) shows occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery (red arrow) that is compatible with arterial ischemic stroke (AIS).
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case_images: In MRA, we found near complete obliteration of the left middle cerebral artery by thrombi/emboli that strongly suggested AIS (figure 3).