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Left-sided hemiparesis

    Author: Birgit Ertl-Wagner, MD, Munich, Germany
    Body Region: Brain, and Head and Neck

    1. Patient presentation
    2. CT Images
    3. CT Findings
    4. Diagnosis
    5. References

    1. Patient presentation

    • A 73-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with left-sided hemiparesis
      of acute onset.

    • The symptoms had begun approximately 4 hours earlier.

    • Non-enhanced CT of the brain was performed.