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Dislocation of the nitinol loop in the proximal branch of the right middle cerebral artery.
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After several failed attempts, the nitinol loop suddenly detached from the FilterWire EX guidewire and dislocated to the proximal middle cerebral artery (MCA) (Fig. 1).
Hyperdense signal in the middle cerebral artery showing the nitinol loop displacement-.
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A cerebral CT scan performed immediately after the procedure showed no focal lesion; a control CT scan at 48 h revealed an acute ischemic infarct in the right anterior lenticular nucleus and small ischemic areas in the right insular-temporal cortex (Fig. 2, Fig. 3).