TY - JOUR
T1 - CNS vasculitis and vasculopathy
T2 - Efficacy and usefulness of diffusion-weighted echoplanar MR imaging
AU - Moritani, Toshio
AU - Akio, Hiwatashi
AU - Shrier, David A.
AU - Wang, Henry Z.
AU - Numaguchi, Yuji
AU - Westesson, Per Lennart A
PY - 2004/7/1
Y1 - 2004/7/1
N2 - This pictorial essay illustrates the usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) on various vasculitis or vasculopathies, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Behçet's disease, Churg-Strauss disease, primary angitis of the central nervous system (PACNS), giant cell arteritis, infectious vasculitis, sickle cell disease, drug-induced vasculopathy and hypertensive vasculopathy. DWI proves to detect small and active ischemic changes not visible on conventional MRI, and it clearly discriminates cytotoxic from vasogenic edema in patients with cerebral vasculitis or vasculopathy. DWI seems useful in assessing the treatment and patient outcome.
AB - This pictorial essay illustrates the usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) on various vasculitis or vasculopathies, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Behçet's disease, Churg-Strauss disease, primary angitis of the central nervous system (PACNS), giant cell arteritis, infectious vasculitis, sickle cell disease, drug-induced vasculopathy and hypertensive vasculopathy. DWI proves to detect small and active ischemic changes not visible on conventional MRI, and it clearly discriminates cytotoxic from vasogenic edema in patients with cerebral vasculitis or vasculopathy. DWI seems useful in assessing the treatment and patient outcome.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00191-8
DO - 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00191-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 15246475
AN - SCOPUS:3142772706
SN - 0899-7071
VL - 28
SP - 261
EP - 270
JO - Clinical Imaging
JF - Clinical Imaging
IS - 4
ER -