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Glorien Lemahafaka1, Ansoumane Camara1, Lala Rajaonarison2, Francis Vallet1.
Abstract
MRI remains the current gold standard imaging modality to diagnose ischemic stroke. MRI sensitivity for acute ischemic stroke detection does not always reach 100%. We report the case of a patient with ischemic stroke despite normal initial brain MRI. Normal brain MRI during the early phase of ischemic stroke raises doubt about the indication for thrombolysis which is the treatment of choice for cerebral embolism. The repetition of fine cut examination by B2000 diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) enables the early detection of small volume infarction not visualized by conventional brain MRI.Entities:
Keywords: Stroke; brain MRI; brain ischemia
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28154714 PMCID: PMC5268757 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.22.10413
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1IRM cérébrale de diffusion initiale montre une absence de signe d’infarctus cérébrale
Figure 2IRM cérébrale en séquence de diffusion montre in infarctus de la branche profonde de l’artère sylvien gauche
Figure 3IRM cérébrale montre une baisse significative de coefficient de diffusion confirme le caractère infarcis du territoire de l’artère choronoidienne antérieure gauche