Space-occupying, malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarctions are still one of the most devastating forms of ischaemic stroke, with a mortality of up to 80% in untreated patients. An early ...

Introduction Malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction is used to describe the rapid neurological worsening that occurs because of the effects of a space-occupying cerebral edema secondary to ...

The timing of surgery, hemisphere infarcted, presence of signs of herniation before surgery, and involvement of other vascular territories did not significantly affect outcome. Conclusions— Age may be ...

A 55-year-old man with hypertension was referred from a rural hospital. Two days before, he had developed a cardioembolic ischaemic stroke, which resulted in left-sided hemiparesis and hemianaesthesia ...

The patient presented with progressive dyspnea that began after a right middle cerebral artery infarction. She had no history of loss of consciousness or obvious aspiration. A chest radiograph ...

A previously healthy middle-aged man in his 40s with a history of red scorpion envenomation presented to the emergency department for the management of an acute stroke syndrome, involving the left ...

The middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarct is the most common form of stroke among all vascular territories (9). The cerebral cortex and regions in the MCA territory, i.e., the temporal and frontal ...

Study Eligibility Patients were selected from case reports, case series, and our institution (Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center) if they underwent a hemicraniectomy for a middle cerebral artery ...