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Diagnostic imaging (MRI): transverse plane through the brain to the lateral ventricles. The T2-weighted FLAIR image shows an infarction of the left anterior basal ganglia and internal capsule (arrow).
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The MRI showed an embolic infarction of the left anterior basal ganglia and the left internal capsule (fig. 1) due to a pseudoaneurysm of the left internal carotid artery (fig. 2, fig. 3).
Enlarged view of the pseudoaneurysm of the left internal carotid artery (left figure). The pseudoaneurysm (arrow) has connection to the vascular system (crescent-shaped white structure).
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The MRI showed an embolic infarction of the left anterior basal ganglia and the left internal capsule (fig. 1) due to a pseudoaneurysm of the left internal carotid artery (fig. 2, fig. 3).