Lenticulostriate infarctions after successful mechanical thrombectomy in middle cerebral artery occlusion.

With currently achievable symptom onset to recanalization times, striatal infarctions are determined by MCA occlusion sites and individual vascular anatomy, and cannot normally be averted by MTE, but there are exceptions. Further study of such exceptional cases may yield important insights into the determinants of infarct growth in the hyperacute phase of infarct evolution.