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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.

authors

  • Lövblad, Karl-Olof
  • Ruoss, Kerstin
  • Guzman, Raphael
  • Schroth, Gerhard
  • Fusch, Christoph

publication date

  • April 27, 2001