title: [Diagnostic image (162) A woman with temporary hemiplegia. Temporary embolic occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery by a thrombus].
abstract: A 48-year-old woman with right-sided hemiplegia by embolic occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery was treated with alteplase. A pre- and post-treatment CT angiography scan showed the vanishing blood clot.
authors: Afd. Neurologie, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht.
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Groeneveld
authors: I C
authors: IC
authors: van der Schaaf
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator