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Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction - Case 1

A 34 year-old man developed right lower extremity weakness following a gunshot wound to the head.

Outline the Bullet Fragment        Outline the Infarction

Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans. Note the metal fragment (bright signal) near the midline (left upper image). In the remaining scans, note the hypodensity in the distribution of the anterior cerebral artery. As the anterior cerebral artery supplies the medial frontal lobe, an infarct in this distribution primarily results in weakness of the contralateral leg.

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