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FLAIR MRI section showing in A - strokes in the left cerebellar; and in B - left parietal (B) regions of the brain, concerning an embolic etiology. (FLAIR: Fluid Attenuated Inverse Recovery; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
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Given persistent aphasia, she underwent a brain MRI that showed acute infarcts in the left parietal and frontal lobes and cerebellum (Figure 1), consistent with an embolic etiology.
Trans-esophageal echocardiography showing a 12 mm-sized mobile atrial vegetation with marked thickening of the posterior mitral leaflet.
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A transesophageal echocardiogram revealed marked thickening of the posterior mitral leaflet with a 12 mm complex echodensity adherent to the atrial surface (Figure 2).