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FIG 2. Representative early CT sign of grade III occlusion.
A, Nonenhanced CT scan in a 60-year-old woman obtained 2 hours after left MCA stroke. Note obscuration of the left entire lentiform nucleus (arrows).
B, Left carotid angiogram, obtained immediately after initial CT scanning, shows left MCA trunk occlusion at it origin (arrow). None of the lenticulostriate arteries were opacified.
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