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. 2017 Feb 15;6(2):e005149. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005149

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Complete striatocapsular infarcts despite a distal MCA occlusion. A and C, First DSA runs of 2 patients before endovascular thrombectomy revealed distal MCA occlusions with completely perfused MCA perforators (*). B and D, postinterventional MRI (B) and CT (D) of these patients revealed complete infarction of the lenticulostriate territory corresponding to a proximal occlusion of all perforator subgroups (migration group B). CT, computed tomography; DSA, digital subtraction angiography; MCA, middle cerebral artery; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.