GOOD CLINICAL OUTCOME IN A PATIENT WITH A LARGE CT SCAN HYPODENSITY TREATED WITH INTRAARTERIAL UROKINASE AFTER AN EMBOLIC STROKE

Hypodense regions demonstrated by CT within 6 hours of the onset of st roke may reflect irreversibly damaged tissue, and some have suggested that patients with such findings should be spared the risks of thrombo lytic therapy since they are unable to benefit from it. We report here a patient with a low-density area demonstrated by CT less than 6 hour s after onset of symptoms who improved dramatically after successful i ntra-arterial thrombolysis.