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Patent foramen ovale (MRI)

The diffusion-weighted image on the right shows hyperintense lesions involving the right anterior and medial thalamus. This hyperintense lesion on diffusion-weighted imaging correlated with decreased diffusion on the apparent diffusion coefficient maps indicative of acute ischemic stroke. The location of the lesion is characteristic of embolic stroke, in this case probably through a patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunt. (Contributed by Dr. Shadi Yaghi.)

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