Dramatic Changes of a DWI Lesion in a Patient with Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated with IV t‐PA. Issue 2 (17th August 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sakamoto, Yuki; Kimura, Kazumi; Iguchi, Yasuyuki; Shibazaki, Kensaku; Aoki, Junya
• Is Part Of: Journal of neuroimaging. Volume 23:Issue 2(2013)
• Page Start: 228
• Page End: 230
• Publication Date: 2011-08-17
• Subjects: Diagnostic imaging -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Imagerie pour le diagnostic -- Périodiques; Système nerveux -- Maladies -- Diagnostic -- Périodiques; Imagerie médicale; Neuroimagerie; Neurologie; Système nerveux; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 616.804754
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00635.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1051-2284

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>A diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) lesion changed dramatically in a hyperacute stroke case treated with intravenous tissue‐plasminogen activator (IV t‐PA). The initial hyperintense lesion on DWI disappeared completely immediately after IV t‐PA treatment without improvement of neurological symptoms. However, the lesion reappeared 24 hours later. Successful thrombolysis can resolve DWI lesions but does not always improve the neurological symptoms.</p> </abstract>