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. 2021 Dec 1;11(4):158-161.
doi: 10.6705/j.jacme.202112_11(4).0007.

A Man With Right-Sided Weakness

Jen-Chih Tsai  1 , Kai-Yuan Cheng  1 , Ming-Jen Tsai  1
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A Man With Right-Sided Weakness

Jen-Chih Tsai et al. J Acute Med. .
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Fig. 1. Brain computed tomography showed hypodense lesions (arrows) in left thalamus and occipital lobes, suggesting multifocal ischemic infarction.
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Fig. 2. Ultrasonographic images in the parasternal long axis (left) and apical four chamber (right) views revealed a 2.56 cm vegetation (arrow) on the anterior mitral valve leaflet with severe mitral regurgitation.
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Fig. 3. Diffusion-weighted imaging of brain magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple high-intensity lesions in the bilateral cerebrum, especially in left thalamus and occipital lobes.
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