Radiologic-pathologic correlation of the hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign. A case report.
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.
Rutgers
D R
DR
Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
van der Grond
J
J
Jansen
G H
GH
Somford
D M
DM
Mali
W P
WP
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