A 59 year-old man presented with a mild expressive aphasia and subtle right sided weakness. His subsequent MRI showed a new embolic stroke in the left frontal lobe.

Cerebral Angiogram, left common carotid artery injection, lateral view. Note that the left internal carotid artery is completely occluded. Presumably, at the time of occlusion, an artery to artery embolus occurred resulting in the frontal lobe stroke.

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