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1Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Abstract:
Contrast enhancement may aid significantly in the diagnosis, dating, and grading of cerebral infarctions. On MR imaging, four patterns of contrast enhancement may be distinguished: intravascular, meningeal, transitional, and parenchymal. Each pattern has a different appearance, time course, and clinical significance. The anatomic and physiologic mechanisms that give rise to these distinct types of contrast enhancement in cerebral infarction are discussed.
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