Multiple Cerebral Microbleeds in Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke: Impact on Prevalence and Severity of Early Hemorrhagic Transformation After Thrombolytic Treatment
Ho Sung Kim1,
Deok Hee Lee1,
Chang Woo Ryu1,
Jeong Hyun Lee1,
Choong Gon Choi1,
Sang Joon Kim1 and
Dae Chul Suh1
1 All authors: Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology, and Research Institute
of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul,
South Korea.
Fig. 1B Classification of microbleeds by number. Grade 2, 1-2 microbleeds in
62-year-old woman. Normal finding of bilateral low signal intensity
(arrows) is present in globus pallidus.
Fig. 2A 82-year-old woman with sudden altered mentality 4 hr before
examination. T2*-weighted MR images of two different locations
(A, level of frontal horn of lateral ventricle; B, level of
anterior commissure) obtained before thrombolysis show grade 4
microbleeds.
Fig. 2B 82-year-old woman with sudden altered mentality 4 hr before
examination. T2*-weighted MR images of two different locations
(A, level of frontal horn of lateral ventricle; B, level of
anterior commissure) obtained before thrombolysis show grade 4
microbleeds.
Fig. 2C 82-year-old woman with sudden altered mentality 4 hr before
examination. Follow-up T2*-weighted MR image (C) and
diffusion-weighted image (D) 2 days after intraarterial thrombolytic
treatment show no evidence of hemorrhagic transformation in final infarcted
area.
Fig. 2D 82-year-old woman with sudden altered mentality 4 hr before
examination. Follow-up T2*-weighted MR image (C) and
diffusion-weighted image (D) 2 days after intraarterial thrombolytic
treatment show no evidence of hemorrhagic transformation in final infarcted
area.
Fig. 3A 61-year-old man with altered mentality 3 hr before examination.
Initial T2*-weighted MR images of two different locations
(A, level of frontal operculum; B, level of temporal lobe just
below A) show grade 4 microbleeds.
Fig. 3B 61-year-old man with altered mentality 3 hr before examination.
Initial T2*-weighted MR images of two different locations
(A, level of frontal operculum; B, level of temporal lobe just
below A) show grade 4 microbleeds.
Fig. 3C 61-year-old man with altered mentality 3 hr before examination.
Follow-up T2*-weighted MR image 1 day after intraarterial
thrombolytic treatment shows hemorrhagic transformation in right anterior
cerebral artery territory.