Abstract
A 48-year-old woman with right-sided hemiplegia by embolic occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery was treated with alteplase. A pre- and post-treatment CT angiography scan showed the vanishing blood clot.
Translated title of the contribution | Diagnostic image (162). A woman with temporary hemiplegia: Temporary embolic occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery by a thrombus |
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Original language | Dutch |
Article number | 2123 |
Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde |
Volume | 147 |
Issue number | 43 |
Publication status | Published - 25 Oct 2003 |
Keywords
- Cerebral Angiography/methods
- Female
- Fibrinolytic Agents/therapeutic use
- Hemiplegia/drug therapy
- Humans
- Intracranial Embolism/complications
- Middle Aged
- Middle Cerebral Artery/diagnostic imaging
- Tissue Plasminogen Activator/therapeutic use
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed