Post-carotid stenting reperfusion injury with blood–brain barrier disruption on gadolinium-enhanced FLAIR MRI

BACKGROUND: Following carotid revascularization, an abrupt increase in cerebral blood flow may disrupt the blood–brain barrier, resulting in reperfusion injury. This damage to the blood–brain barrier may be reflected by subarachnoid enhancement on FLAIR MRI after gadolinium injection. CASE PRESENTAT...

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Autores principales: Cho, Hyun-Ji, Kim, Young Jin, Lee, Joon Hwa, Choi, Jin Woo, Moon, Won-Jin, Roh, Hong Gee, Chun, Young Il, Kim, Hahn Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25204402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-014-0178-z
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Following carotid revascularization, an abrupt increase in cerebral blood flow may disrupt the blood–brain barrier, resulting in reperfusion injury. This damage to the blood–brain barrier may be reflected by subarachnoid enhancement on FLAIR MRI after gadolinium injection. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors present two cases of post-carotid stenting reperfusion injury that showed hyperintensity in the subarachnoid spaces on FLAIR MRI after gadolinium injection. CONCLUSION: These MRI findings may represent a marker for reperfusion injury after carotid revascularization.

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