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Bilateral Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction

A 79 year-old woman with atrial fibrillation presented with the acute onset of a global aphasia and tetraparesis.

Outline the Infarction

Bilateral Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans at day 3 of presentation. Note the large areas of hypodensity, sulcal effacement, and lack of differentiation between the gray and white matter in the distribution of both middle cerebral arteries.

Revised 11/23/06
Copyrighted 2006. David C Preston