Diagnostic Value of T2*-Weighted Gradient-Echo MRI for Segmental Evaluation in Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
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2015Yazar
Altinkaya, Naime
Demir, Senay
Alkan, Ozlem
Tan, Meliha
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Objective: We evaluated the diagnostic value of gradient-echo (GRE) imaging in patients with "cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis" (CVST).
Materials and Methods: In total, 130 thrombosed venous segment signal intensities in 45 patients with CVST were analyzed retrospectively using magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance venography.
Results: The T2* GRE sequence had a diagnostic value for detecting acute and subacute superior sagittal sinus (SSS) thrombosis and thrombosis of the deep veins (DVs), and cortical veins (CVs; P<.05).
Conclusions: The T2* GRE sequence had a high diagnostic value for detecting both acute and subacute SSS, DV, and CV thromboses. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.