DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2022.v10i09.023

Pages: 959-960

Despite the advent and increasing availability of magnetic resonance imaging, the imaging modality of choice in the acute care of stroke patients in many institutions remains CT. The hyperdense artery sign is the primary marker of acute ischaemic stroke. We report the case of a 70-year-old patient, in whom brain CT without contrast injection performed́ in emergency following a neurological deficit, allowed the objectification of an early ischemic stroke.