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13th June 2023

A 68-year-old woman is seen in A&E with sudden onset of left-sided weakness with dysarthria and dysphasia

A 68-year-old woman is seen in A&E with sudden onset of left-sided weakness with dysarthria and dysphasia. She has an urgent non-contrast CT brain which is shown below:

MRCP Part 1 - CT brain

CT brain

Which of the following options is the correct term for the sign demonstrated by the arrow in the image above?

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