Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke Management in a Young Adult Case

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This case presentation discusses a 40-year-old woman with acute left-sided weakness and dysarthria, diagnosed with right MCA infarction and prior left MCA infarction. Standard laboratory, cardiac, autoimmune, infectious, and vascular evaluations revealed no definitive embolic source, supporting a working diagnosis of cryptogenic young adult stroke. The case highlights diagnostic challenges, interpretation of shunt studies, acute management, rehabilitation needs, and secondary prevention with...