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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2221-2434</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Finlay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Finlay]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2221-2434</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Centro Provincial de información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2221-24342020000400440</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Signo de la arteria cerebral media hiperdensa e ictus isquémico con transformación hemorrágica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Hyperdense Middle Cerebral Artery Sign and Ischemic Stroke with Hemorrhagic Transformation]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sosa Remón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ariel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Remón Chávez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmen Esther]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jerez Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Esperanza]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Provincial Celia Sánchez Manduley  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Granma ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>440</fpage>
<lpage>444</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2221-24342020000400440&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2221-24342020000400440&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2221-24342020000400440&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El signo de la arteria cerebral media hiperdensa es un patrón imagenológico que tiene una incidencia de un 30 a un 40 % de las oclusiones de esta arteria demostrada angiográficamente. Representa un signo temprano de ictus isquémico de mala evolución. Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 56 años de edad que comenzó con manifestaciones clínicas de afasia y hemiparesia derecha a predominio crural. En la tomografía al ingreso se observó hiperdensidad del trayecto de la arteria cerebral media izquierda que correspondió con un ictus isquémico extenso con conversión hemorrágica en escaneo evolutivo a las 72 horas. Se presenta el caso por lo poco frecuente que resulta realizar este diagnóstico a partir de los resultados hallados en la tomografía axial monocorte y porque hubo correlación entre las imágenes encontradas y el deterioro clínico posterior del paciente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign is an imaging pattern that has an incidence from 30 to 40 % of occlusions of this artery demonstrated angiographically. It represents an early sign of poorly progressive ischemic stroke. A 56-year-old patient who began with clinical manifestations of aphasia and right hemiparesis, predominantly femoral it is presented. On admission tomography, hyperdensity of the left middle cerebral artery trajectory was observed, corresponding to an extensive ischemic stroke with hemorrhagic conversion in evolutionary scan at 72 hours. The case is presented because of how infrequent it is to make this diagnosis based on the results found in the single slice axial tomography and because there was a correlation between the images found and the subsequent clinical deterioration of the patient.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[arteria cerebral media]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[accidente cerebrovascular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diagnóstico por imagen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[angiografía cerebral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[angiografía por resonancia magnética]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[middle cerebral artery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diagnostic imaging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cerebral angiography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[magnetic resonance angiography]]></kwd>
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