Rapid resolution of diffusion weighted MRI abnormality in a patient with a stuttering stroke.

نویسندگان

  • Jurriaan M Peters
  • Ainsley V Maclean
  • Geoffrey S Young
چکیده

We report the unusually rapid and spontaneous normalisation of low diffusivity that accompanied resolution of acute neurological deficits in a stroke patient who underwent two magnetic resonance imaging examinations within 24 h of symptom onset. Diffusion weighted imaging obtained within hours of onset of left sided weakness demonstrated a focal right capsular area of low diffusivity that resolved within 24 h, coinciding with resolution of the patient's symptoms.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ case reports

دوره 2010  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010