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Calcified cerebral emboli are rarely reported, but may be recurrent and devastating.
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Misdiagnosis at interpretation of initial brain computed tomography (CT) scan may occur in up to 27% of cases. The purpose of this case report was to describe clinical, CT, and CT angiography findings in a 79-year-old woman undergoing early recurrent stroke from calcified cerebral embolism.
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This page is a summary of: Early Relapsing Calcified Cerebral Embolism, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, May 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.01.038.
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