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My uncle is currently in icu and his mri suggests that he has tiny acute infarcts involving left cerebeller hemisphere, left temporal lobe and right deep frontal periventricular region. other findings suggest acute haemotoma in left caudate nucleus, chron
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Recommendations: The multiple acute lesions strongly suggest multiple emboli, and the source may well be cardiac. Would emergently rule out subacute bacterial endocarditis, but would search for other sources of blood clots. At age 75, amyloid angiomatosis may be present, and if emboli excluded, this is another possible answer.
Answered 10/18/2015
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