RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System and Silent Cortical Hemorrhages
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1561
OP 1563
VO 23
IS 9
A1 Ay, Hakan
A1 Şahin, Gürdal
A1 Saatci, Işıl
A1 Söylemezoğlu, Figen
A1 Sarıbaş, Okay
YR 2002
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/9/1561.abstract
AB Summary: Primary angiitis of the CNS is histopathologically characterized by ischemic lesions and small petechial hemorrhages. Unlike CT or conventional MR imaging, gradient-echo MR imaging depicts these chronic petechial hemorrhages. We herein report the case of biopsy-proved primary angiitis of the CNS in a 42-year-old man; whom gradient-echo MR imaging revealed multiple petechial hemorrhages in the cortical-subcortical brain regions. The identification of petechial hemorrhages by gradient-echo MR imaging promises to be a valuable surrogate marker supporting the diagnosis of primary angiitis of the CNS.