Turkish Neurosurgery 1996 , Vol 6 , Num 3-4
BRIGHT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY SIGN: AN EARLY INDICATION OF CEREBRAL INFARCTION ON COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
A. Muhteşem AĞILDERE1, N. Çağla TARHAN1, Nur ALTINÖRS2, Mehmet COŞKUN1, Sibel BENLİ3, Fatih BOYVAT1, Hakan CANER2
1Başkent University Medical School Hospital, Departments of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey
2 Başkent University Medical School Hospital, Departments of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey
3 Başkent University Medical School Hospital, Departments of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey
Early detection of acute infarct has been more important since the introduction of new therapeutic regimens such as thrombolysis. In cerebrovascular accidents, first mode of investigation is computed tomography to rule out the possibility of hemorrhage; it is possible to diagnose acute infarction in the first four hours by magnetic resonance. We present two cases of acute cerebral infarction detected as bright middle cerebral artery at the first two and six hours with non-contrast computed tomography seans. Follow-up magnetic resonance seans of these two cases showed acute infarction with hemorrhagic transformation. Keywords : Computerized tomography, hemorrhagic transformation, infarct, magnetic resonance, middle cerebral artery
Corresponding author : A.muhteşem Ağıldere