Abstract
A 69-year-old man suddenly developed left visual field blurring, left orbital pain, and hyperesthesia of the right side of the body and was emergently admitted to our stroke center. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a fresh infarct in the left post central gyrus. On emergent carotid ultrasonography, no end-diastolic flow was seen in the left internal carotid artery (ICA), which indicated occlusion of the distal part of the ICA. However, on conventional angiography performed 3 hours later, the left ICA was recanalized but was severely stenotic in the cervical portion (C2 vertebral level). …
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