- A 46-year-old male patient
- Presentation: sudden aphasia and weakness of the left limb
- Medical history: on 13 September 2020, the patient suffered sudden aphasia and left limb weakness for 10 minutes, without any significant inducing factor. The symptoms subsequently resolved and no similar symptoms occurred. CTA showed an MCA stenosis at the local hospital. But the patient ignored the physician’s advice.
- Diabetes was diagnosed for 5 years.
Risk factors
CT angiography, 2020-9-13, local hospital
Follow-up, 2021-10-12
R-MCA occlusion
DSA, 2022-07
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R-MCA occlusion, with satisfactory vessel bed distal to the occlusion
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The shortest length of occlusion was 2.0 mm
High-resolution MRI, 2022-08-17
No enhanced vessel wall signal
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The true lumen was easily found
Balloon dilation was performed
CT showed no hemorrhagic transformation
NIHSS = 0, no focal infarction observed