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Case Reports
. 2019 Jun;9(3):279-281.
doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000619.

Severe left MCA syndrome with an occluded accessory MCA

Manya Khrlobyan  1 , Edgar Olivas  1 , Lei Feng  1 , Matthew Czar Taon  1 , Navdeep Sangha  1
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Case Reports

Severe left MCA syndrome with an occluded accessory MCA

Manya Khrlobyan et al. Neurol Clin Pract. 2019 Jun.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Coronal CTA brain and neck
Left M1 focal high-grade stenosis (arrow) and proximal left A1 segment abnormality (circle).
Figure 2
Figure 2. Angiograms
(A) Pretreatment cerebral angiogram. Left ICA cerebral angiogram demonstrating an occluded AMCA. (B) Post-treatment cerebral angiogram. Left ICA cerebral angiogram demonstrating a patent AMCA after thrombectomy. (C) Pretreatment capillary phase of cerebral angiogram. Left ICA capillary phase cerebral angiogram demonstrating decreased perfusion in the area of the occluded AMCA.
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