Age: 74yr
Sex: Female
Complaints: Left limb weakness.
Case study: Large area of diffusion restriction with corresponding low ADC signal seen involving right fronto- parieto- temporal lobe with no signal abnormalities in corresponding T2 and FLAIR sequence.Angiography study shows non-visualisation right internal carotid artery (ICA) and its branches.No evidence of blooming in GRE sequence.
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DWI
Angiography
ADC
Conclusion :
- Acute infract involving right MCA and ACA territory.
- Mild atrophic changes in brain.
- MR angiogram (cerebral angiogram) shows non visualized right ICA and its main branches indicating significant thrombosis.
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