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MR imaging of cerebral ischemia: findings in the first 24 hours.

W T Yuh, M R Crain, D J Loes, G M Greene, T J Ryals and Y Sato
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 1991, 12 (4) 621-629;
W T Yuh
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
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M R Crain
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
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D J Loes
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
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G M Greene
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
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T J Ryals
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
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MR changes of cerebral ischemia have been shown to occur as early as 1-2 hr after vessel occlusion in experimental models of stroke. However, the MR findings in the early stages of ischemic stroke in the clinical population have not been well established. We studied 41 lesions in 39 patients in whom MR was performed within the first 24 hr after onset of ischemic symptoms. Twenty-five lesions were studied with gadopentetate dimeglumine. Vascular flow-related abnormalities, including absence of normal flow void and presence of arterial enhancement, were the earliest MR findings, detected within minutes of onset. Morphologic changes (brain swelling) on T1-weighted images without signal changes on T2-weighted images could be detected within the first few hours. Signal changes were not usually found before 8 hr on T2-weighted images or before 16 hr on T1-weighted images. In contrast to the absence of parenchymal enhancement typically found in cortical infarctions in the first 24 hr, a few lesions (including transient occlusions, partial occlusions, and isolated watershed infarctions) exhibited early, exaggerated parenchymal enhancement. We conclude that signal changes may not be reliable in detecting ischemic stroke within the first 8 hr after onset. Vascular abnormalities, when present, are the most reliable and earliest findings. Other MR findings of early ischemic stroke, including morphologic changes and early, exaggerated parenchymal enhancement, may also precede signal changes. Paramagnetic contrast administration often provides valuable information in the detection and evaluation of acute ischemia.

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MR imaging of cerebral ischemia: findings in the first 24 hours.
W T Yuh, M R Crain, D J Loes, G M Greene, T J Ryals, Y Sato
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 1991, 12 (4) 621-629;

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MR imaging of cerebral ischemia: findings in the first 24 hours.
W T Yuh, M R Crain, D J Loes, G M Greene, T J Ryals, Y Sato
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 1991, 12 (4) 621-629;
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