title: Radiologic-pathologic correlation of the hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign. A case report.
abstract: To provide a histopathologic substrate of the hyperdense middle cerebral artery (MCA) sign in a patient with MCA infarction. The sign was found to be correlated with accumulation of erythrocytes, fibrin and cellular debris.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Rutgers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Grond
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Somford
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Mali
mesh_terms: D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed