Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery MR Imaging and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Not a Panacea
Mona Mohameda,
D. Cressler Heaselya,
Banu Yagmurlua and
David M. Yousema
a From The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Division of Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

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FIG 1. Case 9, with negative CT and negative FLAIR MR imaging findings. Although lumbar puncture results were positive, FLAIR MR images obtained at multiple levels were negative for SAH.
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FIG 2. Case 12, with negative CT and positive FLAIR MR imaging findings.
A, No SAH shown on CT scan.
B, FLAIR MR image interpreted as showing SAH based on presence of high intensity in right occipital lobe sulci (arrows).
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