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Review
Stroke Mimics: The Quest for Leptomeningeal Anastomoses and Isolated Diffusion-Weigthed MR Signal.
Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MR 2018 October
Stroke is caused by occlusion of a medium- or large-sized vessel in the brain. The treatment with either intravenous or intra-arterial thrombolysis is based on an accurate and time-sensitive diagnosis. On clinical and imaging grounds a number of entities-seizures, toxic-metabolic, infectious, or demyelinating diseases-can mimic stroke. Identifying them is paramount as the treatment differs significantly. Prior imaging reviews have focused on the nonterritorial distribution of these mimics. However, some important questions arise here. Are the vascular territories and their boundaries invariable in the human brain? Where should we draw the lines separating arterial territories? van der Zwan and colleagues addressed these questions decades ago. For him and others, the leptomeningeal anastomoses-a contentious concept for some but increasingly linked to collateral flow in stroke-is an important anatomic structure with significant variations in their distribution and pathophysiology. Variations in blood supply appear larger that traditionally taught. We revisit this concept and entertained their implications in cases of stroke mimics. For instance, the distribution of abnormalities in some toxic-metabolic processes appear to correlate with areas where rich leptomeningeal anastomoses are expected. We will also explore the concept of hyperintense signal on diffusion weighted-imaging with no correlated changes on apparent diffusion coefficient maps. We name this finding as "isolated DWI signal" and lay-out its importance in the recognition of many entities mimicking stroke. Taking together, the discussed anatomic and imaging concepts will help radiologists and clinicians to recognize not only the common but the unusual entities imitating stroke in the emergency room.
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