"surface cortex (including peri-rolandic cortex)"
"With time the hypo-attenuation and swelling become more marked, and in patients with the majority of the MCA territory affected the mass effect is often dramatic and life-threatening, sometimes requiring a decompressive craniectomy."
"aphasia: if the dominant hemisphere is involved; may be expressive in anterior MCA territory infarction, receptive in posterior MCA stroke, or global with extensive infarction"
"lentiform nucleus; caudate nucleus"
"There are however certain features specific to middle cerebral artery infarct, and these are discussed below. For both CT and MRI it is worth dividing the features according to the time course."