[Diffusion imaging in asymptomatic focal vasospasm. Apropos of a case]

S Bracard; S Auliac; R Anxionnat; J C Lacour; X Ducrocq; M Braun; C Moret; L Picard

[Diffusion imaging in asymptomatic focal vasospasm. Apropos of a case]

J Neuroradiol. 1999 Dec;26(4):269-72.

[Article in French]

Authors

S Bracard¹, S Auliac, R Anxionnat, J C Lacour, X Ducrocq, M Braun, C Moret, L Picard

Affiliation

¹ Service de Neuroradiologie diagnostique et thérapeutique, Hôpital Neurologique, CHU, Nancy.

PMID: 10783556

Abstract

We report a case of an asymptomatic vasospasm with a focal, reversible apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) decrease after a middle cerebral artery aneurysm rupture. This isolated decrease of ADC has not yet been reported in this pathological situation. It could be interesting to predict the risk of ischemic delayed complications of vasospasm.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnosis
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
Diffusion
Forecasting
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology
Risk Factors
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Temporal Lobe / pathology
Vasospasm, Intracranial / diagnosis*