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. 2009:2009:bcr2006112656.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.2006.112656. Epub 2009 Feb 18.

Bilateral caudate nucleus infarction associated with variant in circle of Willis

T den Heijer  1 , A Ruitenberg, J Bakker, L Hertzberger, H Kerkhoff
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Bilateral caudate nucleus infarction associated with variant in circle of Willis

T den Heijer et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2009.
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Axial FLAIR MR image shows bilateral high signal intensity of the head of the caudate nuclei, the genu of the corpus callosum and the fornices, consistent with acute infarction.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Magnetic resonance angiography of the circle of Willis shows an absent A1 segment of the left anterior cerebral artery (arrow).
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