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Diffusion-weighted MRI of middle cerebral artery stroke in a newborn
K O Lövblad1, K Ruoss, R Guzman
1Department of Neuroradiology, DRNN, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Pediatric Radiology
|May 26, 2001
Abstract:
Diffusion-weighted MRI of the brain is becoming clinically available as a tool to investigate cerebral ischaemia. We report a newborn girl presenting with seizures in whom diffusion-weighted MRI showed a large hyperintensity in the area perfused by the left middle cerebral artery. Short-term neurological follow-up before discharge was uneventful and the patient was discharged without sequelae. On follow-up clinical examination, right-sided spastic signs were noted which disappeared with time.