Cerebral embolism accompanied by remarkable diffusion-weighted imaging reversal in a 10 month-old infant with congenital heart disease

Hajime Ikenouchi; Manabu Inoue; Kaori Miwa; Kenichiro Yi; Dai Suzuki; Toru Iwasa; Kazunori Toyoda; Masatoshi Koga

doi:10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100260

Cerebral embolism accompanied by remarkable diffusion-weighted imaging reversal in a 10 month-old infant with congenital heart disease

eNeurologicalSci. 2020 Aug 12:20:100260. doi: 10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100260. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Hajime Ikenouchi¹, Manabu Inoue¹, Kaori Miwa¹, Kenichiro Yi¹, Dai Suzuki², Toru Iwasa², Kazunori Toyoda¹, Masatoshi Koga¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 6-1, Kishibe-shimmachi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 6-1, Kishibe-shimmachi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.

Abstract

•The case of infant ischemic stroke with remarkable DWI reversal.•A mismatch between core volume and visually DWI lesion predicts DWI reversal.•Chronic hypoxia and early recanalization may contribute to large DWI reversal.•Mismatch between DWI-ASPECTS and core volume may occur in infant brain.

Publication types

Case Reports