TY - JOUR
T1 - Dense middle cerebral artery sign
T2 - an indicator of poor outcome in middle cerebral artery area infarction
AU - Launes, Jyrki
AU - Ketonen, Leena
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Thirteen patients with a dense appearance of the horizontal part of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) "dense middle cerebral artery sign" in CT scans taken within 24 hours after onset of ischaemic stroke had considerably poorer prognosis than controls with stroke, but without the sign. A hyperdense appearance of the MCA is known to be associated with thromboembolism, but dense middle cerebral artery sign is also an early warning of a large infarction, brain oedema and poor prognosis in infarction in the MCA area.
AB - Thirteen patients with a dense appearance of the horizontal part of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) "dense middle cerebral artery sign" in CT scans taken within 24 hours after onset of ischaemic stroke had considerably poorer prognosis than controls with stroke, but without the sign. A hyperdense appearance of the MCA is known to be associated with thromboembolism, but dense middle cerebral artery sign is also an early warning of a large infarction, brain oedema and poor prognosis in infarction in the MCA area.
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U2 - 10.1136/jnnp.50.11.1550
DO - 10.1136/jnnp.50.11.1550
M3 - Article
C2 - 3694213
AN - SCOPUS:0023639733
SN - 0022-3050
VL - 50
SP - 1550
EP - 1552
JO - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
IS - 11
ER -