Lee CY, Ryu CW, Koh JS, Kim GK. Late spontaneous recanalization of chronic middle cerebral artery occlusion.
Neurointervention 2012;
7:113-6. [PMID:
22970421 PMCID:
PMC3429844 DOI:
10.5469/neuroint.2012.7.2.113]
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Abstract
Early spontaneous recanalization of the middle cerebral artery in acute ischemic phase artery is not uncommon, whereas the late spontaneous recanalization of chronic occluded artery is a very rare phenomenon and exact incidence and the timing of this event have not been quantified. We present a case in which late spontaneous recanalization of long-lasting middle cerebral artery occlusion occurred in the absence of surgical, endovascular and thrombolytic treatments.
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