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Stroke in a young adult: looking beyond the diffusion-weighted imaging sequence.
Neurological Sciences 2023 December 3
A 37-year-old migrainous woman was referred several hours after a sudden dysarthria lasting less than 1 min. Brain MRI undertaken a few hours later showed no acute cerebral infarction on the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequence. However, an intraluminal thrombus within a distal branch of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) was seen on the T2*-weighted gradient echo images as well as hyperintense vessels related to slow flow beyond the occlusion's site. Control MRI 24 h later confirmed the presence of a small infarct affecting the distal portion of the MCA territory but the thrombus was no longer visible. A comprehensive etiologic workup revealed the presence of a patent foramen ovale, as the underlying cause of the patient's stroke. Though the sensitivity of DWI sequence for acute ischemia is high, false negative exist particularly in cases of transient ischemic attack, brainstem or lacunar strokes. A careful brain MRI examination or the use of perfusion weighted imaging sequences are useful to avoid misdiagnosis particularly in young patients.
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