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New onset, left-sided hemiplegia

    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 66-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a new-onset left-sided hemiplegia. The medical history was largerly unremarkable.
    • An un-enhanced CT scan was performed, followed by CT-angiography and perfusion CT.