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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec;9(6):494-496.
doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000662.

Bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarction presenting with acute paraparesis and parkinsonism

Jonatan Forsberg  1 , Morten Blaabjerg  1 , Anabel Diaz  1 , Thomas Agerbo Gaist  1 , Alex Christensen  1 , David Gaist  1
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Bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarction presenting with acute paraparesis and parkinsonism

Jonatan Forsberg et al. Neurol Clin Pract. 2019 Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Neuroimaging
Neuroimaging studies of a 77-year-old man with sudden-onset symptoms. CT (A) and perfusion of the brain (B) within 90 minutes of onset; angiography before (C; arrow points at the thrombus) and after (D) the removal of thrombus, and subsequent brain MRI (E) compatible with infarct lesions in cortical areas supplied by both anterior cerebral arteries.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Bihemispheric supply
Illustration of bihemispheric supply from the left anterior cerebral artery in a patient with acute stroke due to occlusion of the distal unique left A1 segment of the anterior communicating artery by thrombus (infarct tissue shaded). Illustrator: Thomas Agerbo Gaist.
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